Sentinel node investigation in breast cancer: Detailed analysis of the yield from step sectioning and immunohistochemistry

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 550-552

  Torrenga, H ^a   Rahusen, F D ^a   Meijer, S ^a   Borgstein, P J ^a   Van Diest, P J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Immunohistochemistry; Pathology; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 0034934479     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.54.7.550     Document Type: Article

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