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. 2004 Oct 12;91(10):1782–1786. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602205

Table 2. SLN positivity according to biopsy and histological workup.

  No biopsy Biopsy FNA Core biopsy
  N=842 N=1048 N=230 N=818
SLN positivity (HE+IHC) 253 (30.0%) 388 (37.0%) 78 (33.9%) 310 (37.9%)
SLN positivity (HE) 213 (25.3%) 340 (32.4%) 73 (31.7%) 267 (32.6%)
SLN positivity (IHC) 40 (4.7%) 48 (4.6%) 5 (2.2%) 43 (5.3%)