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Lymph Nodes

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Abstract

Metastatic spread to lymph nodes carries profound treatment and prognostic implications for patients with carcinomas, melanomas, or any other malignant neoplasm with metastatic potential. Accordingly, assessment of lymph node specimens is every bit as important as evaluating a neoplasm at its primary site.

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  1. Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, The Weinberg Cancer Building, Room 2242, 401 North Broadway, 21231-2410, Baltimore, MD, USA

    William H. Westra M.D. & Ralph H. Hruban M.D.

  2. Department of Art as Applied to Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1830 East Monument Street, Suite 7000, 21205-2100, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Timothy H. Phelps M.S.

  3. Department of Pathology, Virginia Mason Medical Center, 1100 Ninth Avenue, C6-Path, 98101, Seattle, WA, USA

    Christina Isacson M.D.

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Westra, W.H., Phelps, T.H., Hruban, R.H., Isacson, C. (2003). Lymph Nodes. In: Surgical Pathology Dissection. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21747-9_5

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