Assessing patterns of practice of sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer in Latin America

SA Acuna, FA Angarita, J Escallon - World journal of surgery, 2014 - Springer
Introduction There is a lack information regarding how sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB)
for breast cancer is carried out today in developing countries and how it was adapted. To …

National adoption of sentinel node biopsy for breast cancer: lessons learned from the Canadian experience

ML Quan, N Hodgson, P Lovrics, G Porter… - The Breast …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in breast cancer has not been readily adopted into
Canadian surgical practice in comparison with the United States. We sought to evaluate …

Sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer: Canadian practice patterns

GA Porter, H McMulkin, PJ Lovrics - Annals of Surgical Oncology, 2003 - Springer
Background: Recent data suggest sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNBx) for invasive breast
cancer (IBC) is widely performed in the United States, often outside of a clinical trial. We …

Implementation of sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer by surgeons in the Department of Defense

KG Davis, JP Schriver, B Waddell - The American journal of surgery, 2002 - Elsevier
Background: Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for the evaluation of women with invasive
breast cancer is rapidly gaining acceptance. The purpose of this study was to assess how …

Surgeon and community factors affecting breast cancer sentinel lymph node biopsy

JR Hutchinson, AB Chagpar, CR Scoggins… - The American journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: We sought to determine whether the results of sentinel lymph node (SLN)
biopsy are related to practice and community factors. METHODS: This prospective study …

Surmounting the challenges of sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer in non‐tertiary centres and community‐based practices

MP Tan - ANZ journal of surgery, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB), a procedure associated with low
morbidity, has been shown to be an accurate technique for determining axillary lymph node …

Beyond the false negative rate: development of quality indicators for sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer

ML Quan, BJ Wells, D McCready, FC Wright… - Annals of surgical …, 2010 - Springer
Background Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SNLB) has been adopted as the standard method
of axillary staging for women with clinically node-negative early-stage breast cancer. The …

Acceptance of sentinel lymph node biopsy of the breast by all general surgeons in Kentucky

CA Conn, KM McMasters, MJ Edwards… - The breast …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for breast cancer is now performed routinely in many
US medical centers. The acceptance of SLNB in the community and in rural medical centers …

Prevalence of teaching sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer in general surgery residency programs

KG Davis, JP Schriver - Current Surgery, 2002 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Sentinel lymphadenectomy (SLNB) for the evaluation of clinically negative
lymph nodes in women with invasive breast cancer is rapidly gaining acceptance within the …

Institutional learning curve for sentinel node biopsy at a community teaching hospital

JM Johnson, RK Orr, SR Moline - The American Surgeon, 2001 - journals.sagepub.com
Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLB) is gaining popularity as an alternative to axillary lymph
node dissection for breast cancer staging. Although publications have described the …