INTRODUCTION: The advent of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) and advances in
histopathological and molecular analysis techniques have been associated with an increase …

Purpose Immunohistochemical (IHC) staining for cytokeratins (CK) is common practice in
evaluating sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) in patients with breast carcinoma. IHC positivity …

Purpose To investigate the association of 7-T magnetic resonance (MR) imaging
characteristics with metastatic nodal invasion, determined with histopathologic assessment …

Purpose In breast cancer, sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy allows the routine performance
of serial sections and/or immunohistochemical (IHC) staining to detect occult metastases …

Background. The axillary lymph node (ALN) status is still the most important prognostic
factor in the staging and treatment of breast cancer. Intraoperative lymphatic mapping and …

The decision whether to proceed with complete axillary node dissection based on sentinel
node status is clear for patients with negative or macrometastatic disease. However, the …

AIM: To assess the value of the intensive histological work up of axillary sentinel lymph
nodes (SLN) to demonstrate regional metastatic disease. METHODS: From a series of 58 …

Background Accurate intraoperative sentinel lymph node (SLN) assessment enables axillary
clearance to be completed immediately in node-positive breast cancer patients. This article …

Objectives To evaluate the long-term disease-free and overall survival of patients with
sentinel lymph node (SLN) micrometastases, in whom a completion axillary lymph node …

Sentinel lymph node biopsy has stimulated interest in identification of micrometastatic
disease in lymph nodes, but identifying small clusters of tumor cells or single tumor cells in …