Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 10-12 , February 2007

Prediction of nonsentinel lymph node metastasis in sentinel node–positive breast carcinoma

This material was presented in part in abstract form (Modern Pathology 18, supplement 1, 37A, 2005. 94th Annual Scientific Meeting of United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, San Antonio, Tex, February 2005).

  • Umesh Kapur, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
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  • Tara Rubinas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    • ,
  • Ritu Ghai, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    • ,
  • James Sinacore, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    • ,
  • Katherine Yao, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    • ,
  • Prabha B. Rajan, MD, FRCPath

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 708 327 2615.

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doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2006.08.010

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 10-12 , February 2007

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