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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2004-10-01
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Series: | Asian Journal of Surgery |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958409600476 |