Immunostaining with D2–40 improves evaluation of lymphovascular invasion, but may not predict sentinel lymph node status in early breast cancer
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy is a widely used diagnostic procedure in the management of early breast cancer. When SLN is free of metastasis, complete axillary dissection may be skipped for staging in clinically N0 patients, allow...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-04-01
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Series: | BMC Cancer |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/9/109 |