Allison Scott HT(ASCP), Histology Supervisor at LBJ Hospital in Houston, Texas asks about sentinel lymph node procedures.
About a month ago an article appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine suggesting that a single section of a lymph node block, without immunostains, was sufficient for detecting clinically significant metastases from breast cancers. (Note that the article says nothing about melanoma.) "Effect of Occult Metastases on Survival in Node-Negative Breast Cancer" Donald L. Weaver, M.D., et al. N Engl J Med 2011; 364:412-421February 3, 2011 I can send you a PDF of this article if you'll e-mail me privately. Bob Richmond Samurai Pathologist Knoxville TN [email protected] _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet
