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J Clin Pathol 57:618-620 doi:10.1136/jcp.2003.011742
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Sentinel lymph node investigation in melanoma: detailed analysis of the yield from step sectioning and immunohistochemistry

Table 2

Cumulative number of metastases found with haematoxylin & eosin (H&E) and immunohistochemistry (IHC) in each additional level (250 μm intervals) in 31 cutaneous melanoma sentinel nodes

H&E % IHC %
Level 1 25 81 26 84
Level 2 26 84 27 87
Level 3 26 84 28 90
Level 4 28 90 30 97
Level 5 29 94 31 100

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