PODXL and metastatic malignant neoplasm in the lymph nodes: PODXL expression could be assessed in pre-neoadjuvant biopsies from 99/148 (67%) patients, in post-neoadjuvant resected primary tumors from 102/118 (86%) patients, and in post-neoadjuvant resected lymph node metastases from 47/66 (71%) patients.