Estrogen Receptor Status by Immunohistochemistry Is Superior to the Ligand-Binding Assay for Predicting Response to Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy in Breast Cancer PURPOSE: Axillary lymph node dissection ...
Early stage breast cancer patients who undergo a mastectomy and have a pathological analysis of their sentinel lymph nodes (SLN) performed during surgery are more likely to be overtreated with both ...
SAN ANTONIO -- Patients with early breast cancer who skipped axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) lived just as long as those who underwent sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB), the randomized INSEMA ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Hispanic, Black and Asian women experience more subjective arm swelling compared with white women after axillary ...
Timing of palliative care referral and symptom burden in phase I cancer patients: A retrospective cohort study. Background: Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) can increase the risk of upper ...
Based on findings from multiple clinical trials, experts recommend sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) over ANLD and omit axillary surgery in certain patients. Findings from ACOSOG Z1071, SENTINA, and ...
Among patients with early-stage, node-negative breast cancer and one or two sentinel node macrometastases, those who underwent sentinel node biopsy only had noninferior 5-year recurrence-free survival ...
Sentinel lymph node (SLN) resection has been advocated as an option to reduce morbidity for women undergoing surgery for breast cancer. When the sentinel node is negative for breast cancer, SLN ...