Validation of clinical prediction rules for a low probability of nonsentinel and extensive lymph node involvement in breast cancer patients

Cserni, Gábor; Bianchi, Simonetta; Vezzosi, Vania; Arisio, Riccardo; Peterse, Johannes L.; Sapino, Anna; Castellano, Isabella; Drijkoningen, Maria; Kulka, Janina; Eusebi, Vincenzo; Foschini, Maria P.; Bellocq, Jean-Pierre; Marin, Cristi; Thorstenson, Sten; Amendoeira, Isabel; Reiner-Concin, Angelika; Decker, Thomas; Lacerda, Manuela; Figueiredo, Paulo

doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.02.014

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Volume 194, Issue 3 , Pages 288-293, September 2007

Validation of clinical prediction rules for a low probability of nonsentinel and extensive lymph node involvement in breast cancer patients

Gábor Cserni, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc.
- Department of Surgical Pathology, Bács-Kiskun County Teaching Hospital, Nyiri út 38, H-6000 Kecskemét, Hungary
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +36-76-516768; fax: +36-76-481219.
Simonetta Bianchi, M.D.
- Department of Human Pathology and Oncology, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 85, 50134 Florence, Italy
Vania Vezzosi, M.D., Ph.D.
- Department of Human Pathology and Oncology, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni 85, 50134 Florence, Italy
Riccardo Arisio, M.D., Ph.D.
- Department of Pathology, Sant’Anna Hospital, Turin, Corso Spezia 60, 10126 Italy
Johannes L. Peterse, M.D.
- Department of Pathology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Anna Sapino, M.D.
- Department of Biological Science and Human Oncology, University of Turin, Via Santena 7, 10126 Turin, Italy
Isabella Castellano, M.D., Ph.D.
- Department of Biological Science and Human Oncology, University of Turin, Via Santena 7, 10126 Turin, Italy
Maria Drijkoningen, M.D., Ph.D.
- Pathologische Ontleedkunde, University Hospitals, Minderbroedersstrasse 12, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
Janina Kulka, M.D., Ph.D.
- 2nd Institute of Pathology, Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine, Ulloi ut 93, H-1091 Budapest, Hungary
Vincenzo Eusebi, M.D., F.R.C.Path.
- Sezione Anatomia Patologica M. Malpighi, Universita di Bologna, Ospedale Bellaria, Via Altura 3, 40139 Bologna, Italy
Maria P. Foschini, M.D.
- Sezione Anatomia Patologica M. Malpighi, Universita di Bologna, Ospedale Bellaria, Via Altura 3, 40139 Bologna, Italy
Jean-Pierre Bellocq, M.D.
- Service d’Anatomie Pathologique, Hopital de Hautepierre, Avenue Moliere, F-67098 Strasbourg, France
Cristi Marin, M.D.
- Service d’Anatomie Pathologique, Hopital de Hautepierre, Avenue Moliere, F-67098 Strasbourg, France
Sten Thorstenson, M.D.
- Department of Pathology and Cytology, Kalmar Hospital, Länssjukhuset, S-39185 Kalmar, Sweden
Isabel Amendoeira, M.D.
- Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia da Universidade do Porto (IPATIMUP) and Hospital de S. João, Rua Roberto Frias s/n, 4200 Porto, Portugal
Angelika Reiner-Concin, M.D.
- Institute of Pathology, Donauspital, Langobardenstrasse 122, A-1220 Wien, Austria
Thomas Decker, M.D.
- Gerhard-Domagk Institut fur Pathologie, Universitat von Munster, Domagkstrasse 17, D-48129 Munster, Germany
Manuela Lacerda, M.D., Ph.D.
- Laboratorio De Histopatologica, Centro Regional De Oncologia De Coimbra, Avenida Bissaia Barreto 98, 3000 Coimbra, Portugal
Paulo Figueiredo, M.D.
- Laboratorio De Histopatologica, Centro Regional De Oncologia De Coimbra, Avenida Bissaia Barreto 98, 3000 Coimbra, Portugal