Background Axillary surgery is an established part of the management of primary breast
cancer. It provides staging information to guide adjuvant therapy and potentially local control …

Every year in the United States, breast cancer is diagnosed in more than 200,000 women.
Because of the prevalence of breast cancer, treatment-related sequelae are of importance to …

Abstract Background American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Z0010 is a
prospective multicenter trial designed to evaluate the prognostic significance of …

Objective: The aim of this multicenter randomized trial was to assess the efficacy and safety
of sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy compared with axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) …

BACKGROUND: Near infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging is an emerging modality that can
enable real-time image-guided procedures. Indocyanine green (ICG) is an FDA-approved …

Background Microbubbles and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is a new technique for
locating sentinel lymph node (SLN). The aim of this study is to explore the feasibility of SLNs …

The lymphatic system is a complex network of lymph vessels, lymphatic organs and lymph
nodes. Traditionally, imaging of the lymphatic system has been based on conventional …

Purpose During a sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for breast cancer, the appropriate
number of sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) to be removed for accurate axillary staging is still …

Summary Background Data: Previous studies have suggested a variety of factors that may
affect the false negative (FN) rate for sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy in breast cancer …

The most life-threatening aspect of breast cancer is the occurrence of metastatic disease.
The tumor draining lymph nodes typically are the first sites of metastasis in breast cancer …