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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Black DM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3907110 | biostudies-other | 2013 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Black Dalliah M DM Mittendorf Elizabeth A EA
The Surgical clinics of North America 20130129 2
Significant progress has been made in the surgical management of breast cancer. Most women diagnosed with early stage invasive breast cancer can now be managed with breast-conserving therapy to include a segmental mastectomy followed by radiation. Axillary lymph nodes are routinely assessed by sentinel lymph node biopsy. Axillary lymph node dissection is reserved for patients with documented nodal metastasis; however, here too progress has been made because a population of low-risk patients has ...[more]