Premium
Pathologic analysis of sentinel lymph nodes in breast carcinoma
Author(s) -
Liberman Laura
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(20000301)88:5<971::aid-cncr3>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - medicine , sentinel lymph node , lymph , biopsy , predictive value , pathology , lymph node , immunohistochemistry , breast carcinoma , radiology , carcinoma , breast cancer , cancer
Sentinel lymph node biopsy allows the pathologist to focus on the lymph nodes most likely to contain tumor. Immunohistochemical analysis significantly increases the accuracy, sensitivity, and negative predictive value of sentinel lymph node biopsy, and decreases the false‐negative rate. See also pages 1099–1107.