Quantitative molecular analysis of sentinel lymph node may be predictive of axillary node status in breast cancer classified by molecular subtypes.

To determine the performance of intraoperative one-step nucleic acid amplification (OSNA) assay in detecting sentinel lymph node metastases compared to postoperative histology taking into account breast cancer molecular classification and to evaluate whether the level of cytokeratin 19 mRNA copy num...

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Main Authors: Simonetta Buglioni, Franco Di Filippo, Irene Terrenato, Beatrice Casini, Enzo Gallo, Ferdinando Marandino, Carlo L Maini, Rossella Pasqualoni, Claudio Botti, Simona Di Filippo, Edoardo Pescarmona, Marcella Mottolese
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3606361?pdf=render