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. 2006 Feb 21;94(5):681–685. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602992

Table 1. Analysis of sentinel lymph nodes for the presence of breast cancer metastases by H&E, IHC and RT–PCR.

      CK-19
NY-BR-1
MGB-2
  H&E IHC RTPCR SB RTPCR SBa RTPCR SB
 1 + + a +   + a
 2 + + a +   a
 3 + + +   ++ +++
 4  
 5  
 6 +  
 7 + + + + +   + +
 8 + + +++ + +++   +++ +
 9   + +
10  
11  
12  
13  
14  
15   + +
16  
17 +  
18 +  
19  
20  
21 ++   ++ ++
22 + + + + +   ++ +
23  
24  
25  
26 + + +++ + +++   +++ +
27 + + +++ + +++   +++ +
28 + + +   ++ +
29  
30  
a

Southern blot was not performed due to technical reasons.

H&E=haematoxilyn and eosin stain; IHC=immunohistochemistry stain for cytokertain; RT–PCR=reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction; CK-19=cytokeratin-19; MGB-2=mammaglobin-2; SB=southern blot.