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SUBMITTER: Litjens G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6007545 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Litjens Geert G Bandi Peter P Ehteshami Bejnordi Babak B Geessink Oscar O Balkenhol Maschenka M Bult Peter P Halilovic Altuna A Hermsen Meyke M van de Loo Rob R Vogels Rob R Manson Quirine F QF Stathonikos Nikolas N Baidoshvili Alexi A van Diest Paul P Wauters Carla C van Dijk Marcory M van der Laak Jeroen J
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<h4>Background</h4>The presence of lymph node metastases is one of the most important factors in breast cancer prognosis. The most common way to assess regional lymph node status is the sentinel lymph node procedure. The sentinel lymph node is the most likely lymph node to contain metastasized cancer cells and is excised, histopathologically processed, and examined by a pathologist. This tedious examination process is time-consuming and can lead to small metastases being missed. However, recent ...[more]