Three-dimensional reconstruction of sentinel lymph nodes with metastatic breast cancer indicates three distinct patterns of tumour growth

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 617-623

  Paish, Emma Claire ^a   Green, A R ^a   Rakha, E A ^a   Macmillan, R D ^b   Maddison, J R ^c   Ellis, I O ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Medical Solutions PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER TISSUE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPH VESSEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SECTION; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TUMOR GROWTH;

AXILLA; BLOOD VESSELS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN;

EID: 67650486381     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2009.065219     Document Type: Article

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