Prognostic significance of breast cancer axillary lymph node micrometastases assessed by two special techniques: reevaluation with longer follow-up.

Special techniques such as serial macroscopic sectioning (SMS) or immunohistochemical staining (IH) improve the detection rate of micrometastases but this detection is of value only if it improves the prediction of recurrence and survival. We first studied the prognosis of 120 patients with a single...

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Main Authors: de Mascarel, I., Bonichon, F., Coindre, J. M., Trojani, M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 1992
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1977929/