Intra-operative rapid diagnostic method
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Mike Visser; Mehdi Jiwa; Anja Horstman; Antoinette A.T.P. Brink; Rene P. Pol; Pa
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Article
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2008
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John Wiley and Sons
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French
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## Abstract Staging by sentinel node (SN) biopsy is the standard procedure for clinically node‐negative breast cancer patients. Intra‐operative analysis of the SN allows immediate axillary lymph node (ALN) dissection in SN positive patients, but a quick, reliable and reproducible method is lacking.