Relation between qRT-PCR multimarker detection and metastasis size in sentinel lymph node
| SLN . | No. of qRT-PCR markers detected in SLN (%) . | . | . | P . | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | ≥2 . | 1 . | 0 . | . | ||
| Macro (n = 10) | 5 (50) | 3 (30) | 2 (20) | <0.001 | ||
| Micro (n = 3) | 2 (67) | 1 (33) | 0 (0) | |||
| ITC (n = 17) | 5 (29) | 1 (6) | 11 (65) | |||
| Negative (n = 37) | 4 (11) | 6 (16) | 27 (73) | |||
| SLN . | No. of qRT-PCR markers detected in SLN (%) . | . | . | P . | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | ≥2 . | 1 . | 0 . | . | ||
| Macro (n = 10) | 5 (50) | 3 (30) | 2 (20) | <0.001 | ||
| Micro (n = 3) | 2 (67) | 1 (33) | 0 (0) | |||
| ITC (n = 17) | 5 (29) | 1 (6) | 11 (65) | |||
| Negative (n = 37) | 4 (11) | 6 (16) | 27 (73) | |||
Abbreviations: SLN, sentinel lymph node; ITC, isolated tumor cells.