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Pathological Evaluation of Axillary Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Breast Cancer

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Breast Cancer Research Protocols

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Medicine ((MIMM,volume 120))

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Nodal staging is the most important prognostic factor in the management of patients with breast cancer. Sentinel lymph node (SLN) procedure enables selective targeting of the first lumph node that drains the tumor when the initial metastases occur. A negative sentinel node predicts the absence of tumor mestastases in the other regional lymph nodes with high accuracy. Thorough histopathological evaluation of SLNs important for accurate assessment. In this chapter, we discuss the histopathological evaluation of SLNs.

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  1. Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

    Michael Z. Gilcrease

  2. Department of Pathology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

    Aysegul Sahin

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  1. School of Biological and Molecular Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxford, UK

    Susan A. Brooks

  2. Medical Oncology Unit, The Churchill Hospital, Headington, Oxford, UK

    Adrian Harris

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Gilcrease, M.Z., Sahin, A. (2006). Pathological Evaluation of Axillary Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Breast Cancer. In: Brooks, S.A., Harris, A. (eds) Breast Cancer Research Protocols. Methods in Molecular Medicine, vol 120. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-969-9:113

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