Skill validation study on sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer and the challenges of false-negative, intransit and micrometastatic nodes
Sentinel lymph node (SLN) is the first lymph node(s) in a regional lymphatic basin to receive the lymphatic drainage from a primary tumor. It has been shown that the lymph flows in an orderly and predicted pattern and any metastatic spread from a primary tumor will involve the sentinel node(s) first...
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Medical Journal of Malaysia, Malaysian Medical Association
2016
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Online Access: | http://www.myjurnal.my/public/article-view.php?id=104139 |