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31.03.2017 | Breast Oncology
Axillary Lymphadenectomy in Sentinel Lymph Node-Positive Breast Cancer
verfasst von:
Liling Zhu, MD, Kai Chen, MD, Lisa K. Jacobs, MD, Rebecca Aft, MD, PhD
Erschienen in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Ausgabe 1/2018
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Excerpt
Giuliano published the initial study describing sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for breast cancer in 1994,
1 starting a new era of axillary staging for invasive breast cancer. Surgeons adopted SLNB because it accurately stages the axilla without the morbidity of axillary node dissection (ALND). The American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (ACOSOG) Z-10
2 and National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) B-32
3 studies established the validity of the procedure. …