Controversies and inconsistencies regarding the pathological work-up of sentinel lymph
nodes (SNs) led the European Working Group for Breast Screening Pathology (EWGBSP) to …

The development of standardized and reproducible clinical pathways is an important
precondition for quality assurance in medicine, especially if a new method has not yet been …

Background: The objective of the study was to investigate whether radiotherapy or its
omission after breast-conserving surgery has measurable consequences on local tumor …

Background The need for further axillary treatment in patients with breast cancer with low-
volume sentinel node (SN) involvement (micrometastases or smaller) is controversial …

Aims: To evaluate aspects of the current practice of sentinel lymph node (SLN) pathology in
breast cancer via a questionnaire based survey, to recognise major issues that the …

Direct combination of cavitron ultrasonic surgical aspirator (CUSA) and sonic spray
ionization mass spectrometry is presented. A commercially available ultrasonic surgical …

We aimed to evaluate the value of sentinel lymph node contrast-enhanced ultrasound (SLN-
CEUS) and surface tracing for the biopsy of intra-operative sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) …

Regional nodal irradiation has gained interest in recent years with the publication of several
important randomized trials and the availability of more conformal techniques. Target …

Summary Background Data: The purpose of this study was to determine the type of
relationship between tumor size and mortality in early breast carcinoma. Methods: The data …

Aims: To evaluate two detailed step sectioning protocols for sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs).
Methods: After vital dye or combined dye and radiocolloid guided biopsy, SLNs were fixed in …