title: Sentinel lymph node examination by frozen section in breast cancer patients.
abstract: Our study indicates that sentinel node analysis by frozen section at the time of primary surgical treatment for invasive breast cancer is a reasonable and prudent effort. No cost analysis study is projected in this paper, but the risk/benefit to the patient as well as cost savings would seem to be apparent and significant.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Pathology, Palmetto Health Richland, 5 Medical Park, Columbia, SC 29203-6897, USA.
authors.forename: James C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Reynolds
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005629:Frozen Sections / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods