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Breast Cancer
Minimal risk of macrometastases in the NSLN in breast cancer patients
April 14th, 2005
Breast cancer patients with micrometastatic sentinel lymph node (SLN) and preoperatively uninvolved axillary lymph nodes were assessed minimal risk of macrometastases in the non-sentinel lymph nodes (NSLN). According to published research from Slovenia, "Micrometastases in the SLN carry a considerable risk of macrometastases in the NSLN, resulting in axillary lymph node dissection (ALND). Preoperative ultrasound (US) examination of the axillary lymph nodes combined with a fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) has been proved to discover metastases in the axillary lymph nodes." "The aim of our study was to assess the risk of macrometastases in NSLN in...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-04-14)
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