[Detailed pathological examination of the sentinel lymph nodes in order to detect micrometastases: no clinical relevance in patients with breast cancer].

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Published in Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd on December 04, 2004

Authors

Ph Meijnen1, J L Peterse, O E Nieweg, E J Rutgers

Author Affiliations

1: Het Nederlands Kanker Instituut-Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Ziekenhuis, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam. p.meijnen@nki.nl

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