Breast Cancer
Study results from Cardiff University, Department of Pathology broaden understanding of breast cancer
Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, August 9th, 2009
A report, 'Molecular assessment of sentinel lymph node in breast cancer management,' is newly published data in Histopathology. According to a study from Cardiff, the United Kingdom, "Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is becoming accepted as standard of care for axillary staging in breast cancer. World Health Organization (WHO) re-classification of axillary metastases into macrometastases, micrometastases and individual tumor cells has highlighted the issues of sampling and further histological examination of the initially negative SLNB."
"Molecular detection of metastatic breast cancer cells in lymph nodes is now available as a commercial kit for intraoperative...
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