Current practice and future directions in pathology and laboratory evaluation of the sentinel node

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 9 SUPPL., 2001, Pages 13-17

  Cochran, A J ^a   Rong Rong Huang, ^a   Guo, J ^a   Wen, D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; MELAN A; PROTEIN S 100; TUMOR MARKER;

BREAST CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION; SAMPLING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TISSUE PREPARATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN;

EID: 0034784250     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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