Importance Recent data from clinical trials have challenged traditional thinking about axillary
surgery in patients with breast cancer. Objectives To summarize evidence regarding the role …

AIMS: A meta-analysis was performed to identify the clinicopathological variables most
predictive of non-sentinel node (NSN) metastases when the sentinel node is positive …

Context Sentinel lymph node dissection (SLND) accurately identifies nodal metastasis of
early breast cancer, but it is not clear whether further nodal dissection affects survival …

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women in the United States and is second
only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death. The overall management of breast cancer …

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women in the United States and is second
only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death. The overall management of breast cancer …

Purpose While the mortality associated with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is minimal, the
risk of ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence (IBTR) after breast-conserving surgery (BCS) is …

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women in the United States and is second
only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death. The overall management of breast cancer …

These NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines) for Breast
Cancer are the work of the members of the NCCN Breast Cancer Panel. Categories of …

OBJECTIVE. Recent reports indicate a lack of survival benefit for axillary lymph node
dissection (ALND) versus sentinel lymph node biopsy in early breast cancer. To study this …

Background Axillary status in invasive breast cancer, established by sentinel lymph node
biopsy (SLNB) or ultrasound-guided lymph node biopsy, is an important prognostic …