The use of cytokeratin staining in sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 330-334

  Wong, Sandra L ^a   Chao, Celia ^a   Edwards, Michael J ^a   Simpson, Diana ^a   McMasters, Kelly M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cytokeratin; Immunohistochemistry; Micrometastasis; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STAINING;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 0035166886     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(01)00722-X     Document Type: Article

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