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Structural alterations in tumor-draining lymph nodes before papillary thyroid carcinoma metastasis.
Head & neck - 1 Aug 2017
Hinson Andrew M, Massoll Nicole A, Jolly Lee Ann, Stack Brendan C, Bodenner Donald L, Franco Aime T
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BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to define and characterize the thyroid tumor-draining lymph nodes in genetically engineered mice harboring thyroid-specific expression of oncogenic BrafV600E with and without Pten insufficiency. METHODS: After intratumoral injection of methylene blue, the lymphatic drainage of the thyroid gland was visualized in real time. The thyroid gland/tumor was resected en bloc with...
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