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[Prospective immunohistologic search for metastases using monoclonal anti-cytokeratin antibodies in gynecologic
N Domke1, S Bergander, M Kasper
1Klinik und Poliklinik für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe, Medizinischen Akademie Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden.
Abstract:
A higher prevalence of positive lymph node metastases can be found with immunohistological methods in comparison with conventional technique. We examined the lymph nodes from 20 patients with gynecological malignant tumors. We found in 304 lymph nodes with conventional technique 3.3% metastases. With immunohistological methods we showed in 9.9% of the lymph nodes metastases.