Detection of sentinel lymph node metastases in cervical cancer: Assessment of KRT19 mRNA in the one-step nucleic acid amplification (OSNA) method

Our results indicated that the KRT19 mRNA OSNA assay can detect LN metastases as accurately as two-mm interval histopathological examination and thus may be an effective additional or alternative method for a rapid intra-operative examination of SLNs in cervical cancer.