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Previous Volume 338:550-551 February 19, 1998 Number 8 Next

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To the Editor: Perhaps the study by Izbicki et al. (Oct. 23 issue)¹ on immunohistochemical identification of tumor deposits in lymph nodes from patients with esophageal cancer is of value, but since I can't interpret the published photomicrographs I can't believe their results. Even the legend and arrow in Panel A of their Figure 1 aren't enough to convince me that a tumor cell is shown. If this is what the authors chose for publication — ambiguous staining in a section that may be technically inferior (the tissue appears shredded) — I have to wonder what they were attempting to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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