European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 398-402 , April 2009

Touch imprint cytology with cytokeratin immunostaining versus Papanicolau staining for intraoperative evaluation of sentinel lymph node metastasis in clinically node-negative breast cancer

  • M. Fujishima

      Affiliations

    • Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kinki University School of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi, Osakasayama, 589-8511 Osaka, Japan
    • ,
  • M. Watatani

      Affiliations

    • Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kinki University School of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi, Osakasayama, 589-8511 Osaka, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 72 366 0221; fax: +81 72 367 7771.
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  • H. Inui

      Affiliations

    • Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kinki University School of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi, Osakasayama, 589-8511 Osaka, Japan
    • ,
  • Y. Hashimoto

      Affiliations

    • Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kinki University School of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi, Osakasayama, 589-8511 Osaka, Japan
    • ,
  • N. Yamamoto

      Affiliations

    • Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kinki University School of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi, Osakasayama, 589-8511 Osaka, Japan
    • ,
  • T. Hojo

      Affiliations

    • Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kinki University School of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi, Osakasayama, 589-8511 Osaka, Japan
    • ,
  • K. Hirai

      Affiliations

    • Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kinki University School of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi, Osakasayama, 589-8511 Osaka, Japan
    • ,
  • M. Yamato

      Affiliations

    • Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kinki University School of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi, Osakasayama, 589-8511 Osaka, Japan
    • Yamato Clinic, Japan
    • ,
  • H. Shiozaki

      Affiliations

    • Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kinki University School of Medicine, 377-2 Ohno-Higashi, Osakasayama, 589-8511 Osaka, Japan

,Accepted 13 March 2008.

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PII: S0748-7983(08)00107-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2008.03.004

European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 35, Issue 4 , Pages 398-402 , April 2009

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