Breast Cancer
European Institute of Oncology Reports Research in Breast Cancer
Published in Women's Health Weekly, January 12th, 2012
2012 JAN 12 -- Fresh data on Breast Cancer are presented in the report "Positive axillary sentinel lymph node: is axillary dissection always necessary. 'There is considerable interest in foregoing axillary dissection (AD) when the sentinel node (SN) is positive in early breast cancer, particularly when axillary involvement is minimal (micrometastases or isolated tumor cells). In fact, clinical practice has run ahead of the evidence, since recent population-based data indicate that AD is 'underused' in breast cancer patients when the SN is positive," investigators in Milan, Italy report.
"Several trials are addressing the problem (IBCSG 23-01, ASCOG Z0011,...
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