Pathological Evaluation of Sentinel Lymph Nodes for Breast Cancer

Recently, sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy has been employed to avoid unnecessary lymph node dissection, because SLN negativity for carcinoma metastases may imply an extremely low possibility of non-SLN involvement. Pathological evaluation is essential, but standardized procedures have not yet been...

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Main Authors: Takuya Moriya, Shin Usami, Hiroshi Tada, Atsuko Kasajima, Kazuyuki Ishida, Yoshiyuki Kariya, Noriaki Ohuchi, Hironobu Sasano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2004-10-01
Series:Asian Journal of Surgery
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958409600476