Prognostic significance of isolated HMB45 or Melan A positive cells in Melanoma sentinel lymph nodes.
Satzger I, Völker B, Meier A, Schenck F, Kapp A, Gutzmer R.
Satzger I, et al. Among authors: meier a.
Am J Surg Pathol. 2007 Aug;31(8):1175-80. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3180341ebc.
Am J Surg Pathol. 2007.
PMID: 17667539
The use of immunohistochemistry with melanocytic markers such as HMB45 and Melan A increases the detection rate of micrometastases but there are also cases with isolated immunohistochemically positive cells (IPC). ...The mean follow-up was 38.1 months. By Kaplan-Meier …
The use of immunohistochemistry with melanocytic markers such as HMB45 and Melan A increases the detection rate of micrometastases bu …