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SUBMITTER: Aziz S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4783103 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Aziz Sura S Wik Elisabeth E Knutsvik Gøril G Klingen Tor Audun TA Chen Ying Y Davidsen Benedicte B Aas Hans H Aas Turid T Akslen Lars A LA
PloS one 20160308 3
Few studies have addressed the risk of recurrence by assessing proliferation markers in lymph node metastasis from breast cancer. Here, we aimed to examine Ki-67 expression and mitotic count in lymph nodes in comparison with primary tumors. A cohort of node positive breast cancer (n = 168) was studied as a part of the prospective Norwegian Breast Cancer Screening Program (1996-2009). The percentage of Ki-67 positivity was counted per 500 tumor cells in hot-spot areas (x630). Mitotic count was co ...[more]