The management of breast cancer has evolved into a multidisciplinary evidence-based
surgical speciality, with emphasis on conservative surgery. A number of landmark trials have …

Introduction The non-invasive nature of the preoperative axillary ultrasound (AUS) fits the
current trend of increasingly conservative axillary management. Recent publications suggest …

Background Completion axillary lymph node dissection is overtreatment for patients with
sentinel lymph node (SLN) metastasis in whom the metastatic risk of residual non-SLN …

Background Axillary ultrasound (AUS) is a standard procedure in the preoperative clinical
identification of axillary metastatic lymph node (LN) involvement. It guides decisions about …

In primary breast cancer, sentinel lymph node biopsy has been established as the gold
standard for regional axillary staging. A robust body of randomized data support its accuracy …

Purpose Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy (SLNB) is the standard tool to stage the axilla of
breast cancer patients. This study aimed to identify the predictors of positive SLNB in …

Axillary lymph nodes have long been recognized as a route for breast cancer to spread
systemically. As a result, staging of the axilla has always played a central role in the …

More than half patients who undergo axillary lymph node (ALN) surgery are ALN negative in
early‐stage invasive breast cancer (EIBC). Thus, to avoid excessive treatment, we aim to …

Background A shift towards less burdening and more patient friendly treatments for breast
cancer is currently ongoing. In low-risk patients with early-stage disease, accelerated partial …

Background Axillary surgery is not considered therapeutic in patients with clinical T1-T2 N0
breast cancer. The importance of axillary staging is eroding in an era in which tumor biology …