1. Examination of Regional Lymph Nodes by Sentinel Node Biopsy and Molecular Analysis Provides New Staging Facilities in Primary Cutaneous Melanoma 
Hans-Juergen Blaheta, Ulf Ellwanger, Birgit Schittek, Evelyn Maczey, Helmut Breuninger, Gernot Rassner, Claus Garbe 
Journal of Investigative Dermatology 
Volume 114, Issue 4, Pages (April 2000)
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2. Figure 1
Reverse transcription–PCR products were analyzed on an ethidium bromide stained agarose gel (2%). Detection of tyrosinase mRNA identifies a 207 bp band in two lymph nodes negative by histopathology (lanes 3, 8). Lanes 1–10, lymph node samples; lane 11, positive control (SKMel-28); lanes 12–14, negative controls (for cDNA synthesis, for first, and for nested reverse transcription–PCR); lane M, 100 bp ladder marker.
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3. Figure 2
Probability of recurrence-free survival. Probability of recurrence-free survival for patients whose SLN were histopathologically and reverse transcription–PCR positive (Histo pos., PCR pos.), for patients with histopathologically negative SLN who were reclassified by positive reverse transcription–PCR (Histo neg., PCR pos.), and for patients with SLN negative by both techniques (Histo neg., PCR neg.).
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