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 …

Lymphatic mapping with sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) was introduced in the 1990s as
a method to stage the nodal axilla in women with breast cancer. Very quickly the technique …

Background Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is now considered a standard of care in
early breast cancers with N0 axillae; however, its role in locally advanced breast cancer …

Axillary lymph node status, a major prognostic factor in early-stage breast cancer, provides
information important for individualized surgical treatment. Because imaging techniques …

Background Axillary lymph node status is the most important pathological determinant of
prognosis in early breast cancer. However, axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) …

Aims The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of sentinel lymph-node biopsy
in breast cancer patients at our institution and to compare the results of sentinel node (SN) …

Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has evolved as a safe alternative for staging of the axilla
in patients with clinically node-negative breast cancer. The sentinel node is most often …

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Presence versus absence of axillary nodal metastases remains the most powerful
prognostic feature available in stratifying breast cancer patients according to risk of relapse …

Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) is associated with significant morbidity, whilst
sentinel node biopsy (SNB) has the potential to minimize complications in the management …