Background: Most breast cancer patients require lumpectomy with axillary sentinel lymph
node biopsy (SLNB) or axillary lymph node dissection (ALND). The ACOSOG Z0011-trial …

According to the current guidelines on treatment of breast cancer patients, identification of
metastases in the sentinel lymph node (SLN (+)) is not an absolute indication for necessary …

Background/Aim: Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has replaced axillary lymph node
dissection (ALND) for axillary staging in patients with early-stage breast cancer. The need …

Method A prospective database search identified 80 patients who underwent SLN biopsy for
invasive breast cancer between January 1999 and August 2002. Clinicopathologic data …

Purpose Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy has been shown to be accurate in axillary node
staging in early breast cancer. If any SLN is positive, the standard care remains completion …

Background: A regional nodal recurrence is a major concern after a sentinel lymph node
biopsy (SLNB) alone in patients with breast cancer. In this study we investigated patterns …

The next step of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in breast cancer is to determine which
patients need axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) following a positive SLNB. A …

Purpose For women with breast cancer, the role of completion axillary lymph node
dissection (ALND) after identification of nodal metastases by sentinel lymph node biopsy …

The use of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has revolutionized breast surgery for early
stage breast cancer. SLNB accurately stages the axilla without the morbidity of axillary …

The choice of treatment plan depends on the TNM staging and biology of the tumor. Sentinel
lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has replaced axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in clinically …