Non-sentinel lymph node involvement in patients with breast cancer and sentinel node micrometastasis; too early to abandon axillary clearance

Aims: It has been suggested that patients with T1–2 breast tumours and sentinel node (SLN) micrometastases, defined as foci of tumour cells smaller than 2 mm, may be spared completion axillary lymph node dissection because of the low incidence of further metastatic disease. To gain insight into the...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Hauptverfasser: den Bakker, M A, van Weeszenberg, A, de Kanter, A Y, Beverdam, F H, Pritchard, C, van der Kwast, Th H, Menke-Pluymers, M
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Copyright 2002 Journal of Clinical Pathology 2002
Schlagworte:
Original Articles
Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1769813/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12461062
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!

Ähnliche Einträge