Erschienen in:
01.10.2000 | Meeting abstract
A radiographer's perspective of sentinel lymph node biopsy
verfasst von:
SD Pendry
Erschienen in:
Breast Cancer Research
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Sonderheft 2/2000
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Excerpt
Axillary lymph node clearance during surgery for breast cancer provides control of local disease within the axilla and staging of axillary lymph nodes. However, the procedure carries a significant morbidity such as seroma formation, infection, parathesia-reduced shoulder movements, lymphoedema and longer in-patient stay. As there are a significant number of patients presenting with early stage breast cancer (60% of patients have disease free axillary nodes), routine axillary lymph node clearance exposes many patients to unnecessary surgery. …