Lymph node revealing solution: a new method for detection of minute axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer specimens

Autor: Rivka Gal, Rumelia Koren, Baruch Klein, A. Paz, Vladimir Veltman, S. Kyzer
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: The American journal of surgical pathology. 21(11)
ISSN: 0147-5185
Popis: The staging and prognosis of patients with breast cancer is related to the presence or absence of axillary lymph node involvement. However, in some cases no lymph nodes or too small a number of lymph nodes are revealed by the traditional method of palpating and sectioning the axillary fat. In the present study we demonstrate the usefulness of the lymph node revealing solution (LNRS) in breast cancer. Specimens from 13 patients, in whom
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