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Breast Cancer
SLN biopsy without ALND not followed by axillary short-term recurrence
November 10th, 2005
Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy without axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) was not followed by axillary short-term recurrence in breast cancer patients. Researchers in Italy conducted a study "to determine the axillary recurrence rate in breast cancer patients with negative sentinel lymph nodes (SLN) who did not undergo further ALND, and to establish whether this conservative axillary approach leads to an increased recourse to diagnostic axillary biopsy during the follow-up period because of the clinical suspicion of nodal recurrence." "In 479 patients, operated on for early breast cancer between 1998 and 2002 in five institutions, SLN biopsy was...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-11-10)
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