Use of intraoperative breast cancer sentinel lymph node (SLN) assay to predict of ≥4 positive (+) lymph nodes (LN)
Chagpar A, Blumencranz P, Whitworth P, Deck K, Rosenberg A, Simmons R, Reintgen D, Beitsch P, Saha S, Julian T. Use of intraoperative breast cancer sentinel lymph node (SLN) assay to predict of ≥4 positive (+) lymph nodes (LN). Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2009, 27: 530-530. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2009.27.15_suppl.530.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSentinel lymph nodesLymph nodesFinal pathologyTumor sizeMedian cycle timeBreast cancer sentinel lymph nodesTotal lymph nodesMedian tumor sizePositive lymph nodesImmediate breast reconstructionHematoxylin-eosin stainingReceiver operator curveCohort of interestBLN AssayQuantitative RT-PCRSLN metastasisProspective studyBreast reconstructionReal-time RT-PCR analysisMedian numberClinical utilityRadiation therapyPatientsMultivariate analysisMammaglobin