Breast Cancer
Research results from University of London update understanding of breast cancer
Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, July 24th, 2009
"Sentinel lymph node biopsy is emerging as the new standard for axillary staging in breast cancer. intra-operative assessment of the sentinel lymph nodes allows immediate completion of axillary dissection during the same anaesthetic. This project was a quality. assurance practice to establish feasibility, time-to-report, as well as accuracy of performing intra-operative assessment of sentinel lymph nodes using touch imprint cytology in our centre," scientists in London, the United Kingdom report.
"This prospective audit included 146 sentinel lymph nodes from 74 consecutive patients with invasive breast cancer. All patients underwent axillary sentinel lymph node biopsy...
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