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A new clinical cut-off of cytokeratin 19 mRNA copy number in sentinel lymph node better identifies patients eligible for axillary lymph node dissection in breast cancer

Cristina Deambrogio, Isabella Castellano, Alessia Paganotti, Elisabetta Omodeo Zorini, Fabio Corsi, Riccardo Bussone, Roberto Franchini, Jlenia Antona, Umberto Miglio, Anna Sapino,

Journal of Clinical Pathology · 2014 · 24 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

We suggest that the level of CK19 mRNA copy number could be the only parameter to consider in the intraoperative management of the axilla.

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