Open AccessLymphatic Invasion Identified by Monoclonal Antibody D2-40, Younger Age, and Ulceration
Author(s) -
Firouzeh Niakosari,
Harriette J. Kahn,
David R. McCready,
Danny Ghazarian,
Lorne Rotstein,
Alexander Marks,
Alexander Kiss,
Lynn From
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
archives of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3652
pISSN - 0003-987X
DOI - 10.1001/archderm.144.4.462
Subject(s) - medicine , immunostaining , lymphovascular invasion , pathology , lymphatic system , univariate analysis , breslow thickness , biopsy , sentinel lymph node , lymph node , melanoma , immunohistochemistry , multivariate analysis , cancer , breast cancer , metastasis , cancer research
To assess whether lymphatic invasion identified by immunostaining with monoclonal antibody (Mab) D2-40 in primary cutaneous melanomas correlates with other clinicopathologic factors and to assess whether lymphatic invasion is a potential predictor of sentinel lymph node (SLN) status.