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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;73:1562
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Invited commentary

^a Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth Street, EN-10-226, Toronto, Ontario M56 2C4, Canada

e-mail: robert.ginsberg@uhn.on.ca

This article from the Mitsui Memorial Hospital once again identifies the fact that micrometastasis to hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes can be identified by immunohistochemical staining when routine pathologic examination fails to identify metastatic disease. In their methodology, they do not indicate how many routine sections from each lymph node block were examined by hematoxylin and eosin staining and whether further sections would have altered the original No result. Despite this, their findings confirm the findings of many . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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