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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Maguire A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5027880 | biostudies-other | 2016 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Histopathology 20160101 1
Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy has been established as the standard of care for axillary staging in patients with invasive breast carcinoma and clinically negative lymph nodes (cN0). Historically, all patients with a positive SLN underwent axillary lymph node dissection (ALND). The ACOSOG Z0011 trial showed that women with T1-T2 disease and cN0 who undergo breast-conserving surgery and whole-breast radiotherapy can safely avoid ALND. The main goal of SLN examination should be to detect all mac ...[more]