Cutting a sentinel lymph node into slices is the optimal first step for examination of sentinel lymph nodes in melanoma patients

Modern Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1622-1627

  Mitteldorf, Christina ^a,b   Bertsch, Hans P ^a   Zapf, Antonia ^a   Neumann, Christine ^a   Kretschmer, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Hildesheim GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Micrometastasis; Nodal nevus; Processing for pathology; Sensitivity; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROMETASTASIS; MICROTOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TISSUE SLICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORING AGENTS; EOSINE YELLOWISH-(YS); FEMALE; HEMATOXYLIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MICROTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71149108914     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2009.137     Document Type: Article

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