Sentinel Node Biopsy and Axillary Dissection in Breast Cancer: The Evidence and Its Limits

BACKGROUND: Increasing evidence suggests that surgical removal of the axillary lymph nodes (axillary dissection, ALD) in early breast cancer yields no advantage in terms of either overall or disease-free survival, even in women with involvement of sentinel nodes. The optimal role of sentinel node bi...

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Main Authors: Janni, Wolfgang, Kühn, Thorsten, Schwentner, Lukas, Kreienberg, Rolf, Fehm, Tanja, Wöckel, Achim
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Deutscher Arzte Verlag 2014
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Review Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4003445/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24766712
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2014.0244
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