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Quantitation of the axillary lymphoid tissue in women without cancer
Author(s) -
Hartveit F.,
Samsonsen G.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
the journal of pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.964
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1096-9896
pISSN - 0022-3417
DOI - 10.1002/path.1711460203
Subject(s) - lymphatic system , cancer , medicine , breast cancer , pathology , oncology
The number and distribution of nodes in the axilla of non‐cancer autopsy patients was similar in women over and under 75 years of age, but the total area of nodal tissue was greater in the latter, suggesting a possible decrease in immune reactivity with age. Fewer nodes were found than have been reported in breast cancer patients examined by the same method. This is probably due to increase in size of sub‐macroscopic nodelets on stimulation.