The sentinel node procedure in breast cancer: nuclear medicine as the starting point

E Hindié, D Groheux, I Brenot-Rossi… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2011 - Soc Nuclear Med
Axillary node status is a major prognostic factor in early breast cancer. Staging with sentinel
node biopsy (SNB) leads to a substantial reduction in surgical morbidity. Recent …

Current status of sentinel lymph-node biopsy in patients with breast cancer

G Cheng, S Kurita, DA Torigian, A Alavi - European journal of nuclear …, 2011 - Springer
Axillary node status is the most important prognostic indicator for patients with invasive
breast cancer. Sentinel lymph-node biopsy (SLNB) is widely accepted and the preferred …

Preoperative ultrasound-guided needle biopsy of axillary nodes in invasive breast cancer: meta-analysis of its accuracy and utility in staging the axilla

N Houssami, S Ciatto, RM Turner, HS Cody III… - Annals of …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Systematic evidence synthesis of ultrasound-guided needle biopsy (UNB) of
axillary nodes in breast cancer. Summary Background Data: Women affected by invasive …

Multidisciplinary considerations in the implementation of the findings from the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (ACOSOG) Z0011 study: a practice …

AS Caudle, KK Hunt, HM Kuerer… - Annals of surgical …, 2011 - Springer
Surgical management of breast cancer has evolved from routine use of radical mastectomy
to less disfiguring and extensive procedures, including breast-conserving approaches, for …

Intraoperative molecular assay for sentinel lymph node metastases in early stage breast cancer: a comparative analysis between one‐step nucleic acid amplification …

T Osako, T Iwase, K Kimura, K Yamashita, R Horii… - Cancer, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: Conventional histopathological examination is limited in measuring
accurate total metastatic volume in a lymph node. Recently, a molecular‐based procedure to …

Safety of avoiding routine use of axillary dissection in early stage breast cancer: a systematic review

MJ Pepels, JHMJ Vestjens, M De Boer, M Smidt… - Breast cancer research …, 2011 - Springer
Physicians are moving away from routine axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in clinically
node-negative breast cancer. We conducted a systemic review on the safety of this policy …

Management of axillary lymph node metastasis in breast cancer: making progress

GW Carlson, WC Wood - Jama, 2011 - jamanetwork.com
Halsted radical mastectomy, an aggressive operation that involved removal of not only the
breast but also the adjacent musculature and axillary lymph nodes. Better understanding of …

Sequelae of breast cancer and the influence of menopausal status at diagnosis among rural breast cancer survivors

CA Befort, J Klemp - Journal of women's health, 2011 - liebertpub.com
Background: Rural women are among the largest medically underserved groups in the
nation, yet few studies have evaluated the sequelae of breast cancer in this population. The …

Axillary lymph node dissection in early-stage invasive breast cancer: is it still standard today?

B Gerber, K Heintze, J Stubert, M Dieterich… - Breast cancer research …, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Evaluation of axillary lymph node status by sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) and
complete axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) are an inherent part of breast cancer …

To cut is to cure: can we really apply Z11 in practice?

M Morrow, AE Giuliano - Annals of surgical oncology, 2011 - Springer
Axillary dissection has been a standard part of the local therapy of breast cancer since the
popularization of the radical mastectomy by William Halstead in 1894. In 1985, 10-year …