Early Adoption and Disturbing Disparities in Sentinel Node Biopsy in Breast Cancer
Open Access
- 25 March 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
- Vol. 100 (7), 449-450
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djn061
Abstract
Axillary lymph node surgery remains an integral component of breast cancer treatment. Node status provides key prognostic information that is used to direct adjuvant systemic therapy ( 1 ). Removal of the nodes may also improve local control, although the preponderance of data shows no survival advantage with node dissection itself ( 2 ).Keywords
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