(1) Department of Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, 2799 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI, USA;(2) Division of Biostatistics, Department of Public Health Sciences, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, USA
Abstract:
Background
Leakiness of angiogenic tumor vessels results in elevated pressure in primary breast cancers and increased lymphatic flow to sentinel lymph node(s) (SLNs). We hypothesized that a similar pathophysiology in metastatic axillary SLNs would result in increased intranodal pressure (INP).