Sentinel Node Biopsy in Breast Cancer : Clinical and Immunological Aspects

The most important prognostic factor in breast cancer is the axillary lymph node status. The sentinel node biopsy (SNB) is reported to stage the axilla with an accuracy > 95 % in early breast cancer. Tumour-related perturbation of T-cell function has been observed in patients with malignancie...

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Main Author: de Boniface, Jana
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Centrum för klinisk forskning, Västerås 2007
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-7890
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