The lymph node and the metastasis

Vivianne Tjan-Heijnen; Giuseppe Viale

doi:10.1056/NEJMcibr1803854

The lymph node and the metastasis

Vivianne Tjan-Heijnen, Giuseppe Viale

Istituto Europeo di Oncologia

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Abstract

The presence of breast cancer cells in the sentinel lymph node is used to determine prognosis. These cells may metastasize to distant organs through intravasation of the blood vessels in the lymph node.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2045-2046
Number of pages	2
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	378
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMcibr1803854
Publication status	Published - May 24 2018

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The lymph node and the metastasis

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