Sentinel lymphadenectomy for the staging of clinical axillary node-negative breast cancer before neoadjuvant chemotherapy

JP Menard, JM Extra, J Jacquemier, M Buttarelli… - European Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Several authors reported sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) after
neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NC). Nevertheless, the ideal time of SLNB is still a matter of …

[HTML][HTML] Extended sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer patients who achieve complete nodal response with neoadjuvant chemotherapy

ACSD de Barros, DA de Andrade - European Journal of Breast …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) can eradicate axillary disease in breast cancer (BC)
patients. Sentinel node biopsy (SNB) in patients with positive axilla who accomplish …

Impact of sentinel lymph node biopsy by ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy for patients with suspicious node positive breast cancer

R Nakamura, N Yamamoto, T Miyaki, M Itami, N Shina… - Breast Cancer, 2018 - Springer
Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the accuracy of preoperative
diagnostic tools for axillary lymph nodes (LNs) staging of breast cancer. Materials and …

[HTML][HTML] Sentinel node biopsy compared with complete axillary dissection for staging early breast cancer with clinically negative lymph nodes: results of randomized …

G Canavese, A Catturich, C Vecchio, D Tomei… - Annals of oncology, 2009 - Elsevier
Background: Sentinel lymph node (SLN) staging is currently used to avoid complete axillary
dissection in breast cancer patients with negative SLNs. Evidence of a similar efficacy, in …

Can we identify or exclude extensive axillary nodal involvement in breast cancer patients preoperatively?

M Leenders, G Kramer, K Belghazi… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Breast cancer treatment has rapidly changed in the last few years. Particularly,
treatment of patients with axillary nodal involvement has evolved after publication of several …

Controversies and recommendations regarding sentinel lymph node biopsy in primary breast cancer: A comprehensive review of current data

P Charalampoudis, C Markopoulos, T Kovacs - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
In primary breast cancer, sentinel lymph node biopsy has been established as the gold
standard for regional axillary staging. A robust body of randomized data support its accuracy …

Evolving imaging techniques for staging axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer

S Lowes, A Leaver, K Cox, K Satchithananda… - Clinical Radiology, 2018 - Elsevier
The presence and extent of axillary nodal metastases at the time of breast cancer diagnosis
is a critical factor in disease prognosis and plays a central role in deciding the best treatment …

Axillary lymph node dissection in breast cancer: current status and controversies, alternative strategies and future perspectives

GH Sakorafas, AG Tsiotou, BM Balsiger - Acta Oncologica, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) has traditionally been considered as a standard
procedure in the surgical management of patients with breast cancer. The goals of ALND in …

Lymph node staging in invasive breast cancer

F Fitzal, V Galimberti, T Kühn, EJ Rutgers, M Untch - Breast care, 2014 - karger.com
Axillary surgery has recently been hotly debated due to newly published data. Prospective
trials (ACOSOG Z0011, AMAROS, SENTINA, ALLIANCE) as well as consensus meetings …

[HTML][HTML] Axillary ultrasound and fine needle aspiration biopsy in the preoperative diagnosis of axillary metastases in early‑stage breast cancer

X Hu, X Zhou, H Yang, W Wei, Y Jiang… - Oncology …, 2018 - spandidos-publications.com
The efficacy of axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) following sentinel lymph node biopsy
(SLNB) has been questioned. The present study was performed to determine the sensitivity …