Localization of metastasis within the sentinel lymph node biopsies: a predictor of additional axillary spread of breast cancer?

PURPOSE: To explore the relationship between morphological characteristics and histologic localization of metastasis within sentinel lymph nodes (SLN) and axillary spread in women with breast cancer. METHODS: We selected 119 patients with positive SLN submitted to complete axillary lymph node dissec...

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Published in:	Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia
Main Authors:	César Augusto Alvarenga, César Cabello dos Santos, Marcelo Alvarenga, Paula Itagyba Paravidino, Sirlei Siani Morais, Henrique Benedito Brenelli, Filomena Marino de Carvalho
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Federação Brasileira das Sociedades de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia 2013-11-01
Subjects:	Breast neoplasms Sentinel lymph node biopsy Lymph nodes Neoplasm metastasis
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-72032013001100002&tlng=en