Purpose To provide current recommendations on the use of sentinel node biopsy (SNB) for
patients with early-stage breast cancer. Methods PubMed and the Cochrane Library were …

Purpose To provide evidence-based recommendations to practicing oncologists, surgeons,
and radiation therapy clinicians to update the 2005 clinical practice guideline on the use of …

Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Patients With Early-Stage Breast Cancer: 2016 American
Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Prac Page 1 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center …

Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has been recommended as the standard performance
for negative sentinel lymph node (SLN) patients without axillary lymph node dissection …

Background In early breast cancer patients with sentinel node metastasis, the effect of
axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) is controversial. The purpose of this study is to …

Purpose To develop a guideline for the use of sentinel node biopsy (SNB) in early stage
breast cancer. Methods An American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Expert Panel …

Axillary lymph node assessment is one of the important indicators in the clinical pathological
staging of breast cancer. Studies have shown that sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has …

Background Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) allows for staging of the axillary node
status in early-stage breast cancer (BC) patients and avoiding complete axillary lymph node …

Background In women with breast cancer, sentinel-lymph-node biopsy (SLNB) provides
information that allows surgeons to avoid axillary-lymph-node dissection (ALND) if the SLN …

Background: Ongoing clinical trials are addressing the accuracy and safety of sentinel node
biopsy (SNB) in the treatment of breast cancer; however, SNB is already increasingly being …