title: Therapeutic implications of the sentinel lymph node in breast cancer.
abstract: Immunohistochemistry of histologically negative axillary lymph nodes in breast-cancer patients resulted in upstaging of the sentinel lymph node in eight (14%) of 52 patients. The resulting information altered clinical management in six of these patients. Thus, this technique may affect clinical decision-making in breast-cancer patients.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: McIntosh
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Going
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Soukop
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Purushotham
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Cooke
mesh_terms: D001365:Axilla; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011446:Prospective Studies