Ultrastaging of lymph node in uterine cancers

Table 1 Ultrastaging of sentinel lymph node using H&E and IHC in patients with cervical cancer

Study	Year	Method of analysis	Nb of patients	FIGO stage	Macrometastatic SLN (%)	Micrometastatic SLN (%)
Lambaudie	2003	H&E +IHC	12	IA2-IB1	2 (18.2)	0
Niikura	2004	H&E +IHC	20	IB1-IIA	2 (10)	0
Martinez Palones	2004	H&E +IHC	23	IA2-IIA	3 (13)	0
Kraft	2006	H&E +IHC	54	IB1-III	21 (42)	na
Total			109		28 (25.7)

SLN: sentinel lymph node; H&E: hematein eosin staining; IHC: immunohistochemy; SS: serial sectioning; HPV: human papilloma virus; na: not available

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