Sentinel node in the era of neoadjuvant therapy and locally advanced breast cancer

SD Trocha, AE Giuliano - Surgical Oncology, 2003 - Elsevier
The most important determinant of prognosis for patients with breast cancer is the status of
the axillary lymph nodes. Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) has been performed for …

Axillary surgery in breast cancer: the beginning of the end.

D Dumitru, A Khan, G Catanuto, N Rocco… - Minerva …, 2018 - europepmc.org
Axillary surgery in breast cancer patients has shifted from more extensive to minimalist
approaches with re-evaluation of the risks versus benefits of available treatment options …

Which patients need an axillary clearance after sentinel node biopsy?

A Pazaiti, IS Fentiman - International Journal of Breast Cancer, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is a safe and accurate minimally invasive method for
detecting axillary lymph node (ALN) involvement in the clinically negative axilla thereby …

Sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer

MHK Leidenius - Acta Radiologica, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
In breast cancer, sentinel node biopsy (SNB) has replaced diagnostic axillary clearance
(AC) in nodal staging in numerous breast surgery units all over the world. However, there is …

Current status of sentinel lymph-node biopsy in patients with breast cancer

G Cheng, S Kurita, DA Torigian, A Alavi - European journal of nuclear …, 2011 - Springer
Axillary node status is the most important prognostic indicator for patients with invasive
breast cancer. Sentinel lymph-node biopsy (SLNB) is widely accepted and the preferred …

Clinical utility of ultrasound-needle biopsy for preoperative staging of the axilla in invasive breast cancer

N Houssami, SCE Diepstraten, HS CODY… - Anticancer …, 2014 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Sentinel node biopsy (SNB) has largely replaced axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) as
the standard-of-care for nodal staging in invasive breast cancer. Preoperative imaging …

Selective surgical localization of axillary lymph nodes containing metastases in patients with breast cancer: a prospective feasibility trial

AS Caudle, WT Yang, EA Mittendorf, DM Black… - JAMA …, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Nodal ultrasonography with needle biopsy of abnormal lymph nodes helps to
define the extent of breast cancer before neoadjuvant chemotherapy. A clip can be placed to …

European studies on breast lymphatic mapping

RE Mansel, A Goyal - Seminars in oncology, 2004 - Elsevier
Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy is rapidly emerging as a minimally invasive alternative to
standard axillary dissection for nodal staging in breast cancer. So far only data from case …

Sentinel node biopsy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in cytologically proven node-positive breast cancer

H Yagata, H Yamauchi, K Tsugawa, N Hayashi… - Clinical breast …, 2013 - Elsevier
Introduction Several studies have assessed the feasibility of sentinel lymph node biopsy
(SLNB) after NAC in patients with breast cancer, but diagnostic accuracy has varied. We …

Is it necessary to perform prospective randomized studies before sentinel node biopsy can replace routine axillary dissection?

M Noguchi - Breast Cancer, 2003 - Springer
Abstract Background and Methods Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy is a useful way of
assessing axillary nodal status in breast cancer patients. Recently, several surgeons have …