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RURAL AND REMOTE HEALTH
Volume 23, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
COLL MEDICINE & DENTISTRY, JAMES COOK UNIV TOWNSVILLE
DOI: 10.22605/RRH8496
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breast cancer; Fukushima; Japan; sentinel lymph node biopsy; telepathology
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Telepathology can be a feasible solution in resource-limited areas for intraoperative frozen section consultation of sentinel lymph node biopsy.
In breast cancer surgery, some medical facilities lack the necessary resources to conduct sentinel lymph node biopsy and its intraoperative frozen section consultation. In the coastal rural area of Fukushima, Japan, which has suffered from physician undersupply following the 2011 triple disaster of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, we explored the feasibility of telepathology by evaluating the diagnostic accuracy in remote intraoperative frozen section consultation of sentinel lymph node biopsy and its required time. Although examination time has room for improvement, telepathology can be one possible solution in resource-limited areas.
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