Benign mechanical transport of breast epithelial cells to sentinel lymph nodes

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1641-1645

  Diaz, Nils M ^a,b   Cox, Charles E ^b   Ebert, Mark ^b   Clark, John D ^b   Vrcel, Vesna ^a   Stowell, Nicholas ^b   Sharma, Anu ^a   Jakub, James W ^b   Cantor, Alan ^a   Centeno, Barbara A ^a   Dupont, Elisabeth ^b   Muro Cacho, Carlos ^a   Nicosia, Santo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign mechanical transport; Breast cancer; Occult micrometastasis; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DUCT; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CANCER CELL; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CELL TRANSPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; METASTASIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TUMOR VOLUME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MASSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 9444259228     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200412000-00014     Document Type: Article

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