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Intraoperative touch preparation for sentinel lymph node biopsy: a 4-year experience.

Ann Surg Oncol

May 2002

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Akansas Cancer Research Center, Department of Veterans Affairs, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Department of Surgery, Little Rock, Arkansas 77205, USA.

Background: The optimal technique for intraoperative pathologic examination of sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) is still controversial. Recent small series report sensitivity between 60% and 100% for various techniques. The aim of this study was to evaluate our long-term experience with touch preparation cytology (TPC) and frozen section (FS) in the intraoperative examination of SLNs for breast cancer.

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