Our results show a definite trend toward higher numbers of CD83-positive DCs in tumor-free SLNs than in tumor-containing SLNs.
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Analysis of dendritic cells in tumor-free and tumor-containing sentinel lymph nodes from patients with breast cancer.
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Our data, which showed a trend toward increased numbers of CD83-positive DCs in tumor-free SLNs compared with tumor-containing SLNs, further support this conclusion, and similarly suggest that the maturation state of the DCs predicts the metastatic potential of the tumor.