Is the sentinel lymph node biopsy more sensitive for the identification of positive lymph nodes in breast cancer than the axillary lymph node dissection?

Since the routine clinical use of the sentinel lymph node (SLN) procedure, questions have been raised concerning an increase in the overall percentage of node-positive patients. The goal of our study was to compare the sensitivity of the SLN procedure and the axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) fo...

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Main Authors: Smeets, Ann, Yoshihara, Emi, Laenen, Annouschka, Reynders, Anneleen, Soens, Julie, Wildiers, Hans, Paridaens, Robert, Van Ongeval, Chantal, Floris, Giuseppe, Neven, Patrick, Christiaens, Marie-Rose
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer International Publishing 2013
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Research
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3699711/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23961380
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-2-275
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