Erschienen in:
30.10.2017 | Breast Oncology
Using Size and Grade to Identify Women Aged ≥ 70 Years with Endocrine-Responsive Breast Cancer at Low Risk of Nodal Positivity
Letter to Editor Reply to “Sized influences nodal status in women aged ≥ 70 with endocrine responsive breast cancer” by Fitzal, Florian et al. in Ann Surg Oncol DOI 10.1245/s10434-017-6156-0
verfasst von:
Judy C. Boughey, MD, Tanya L. Hoskin, MS, Jessemae L. Welsh, MD, Courtney N. Day, BS, Matthew P. Goetz, MD, Bruce G. Haffty, MD, FASTRO, Elizabeth B. Habermann, PhD
Erschienen in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Sonderheft 3/2017
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Excerpt
We appreciate the letter to the editor from Drs Fitzal, Helgott, Moinfar and Gnant regarding our editorial on axillary staging in women over 70 years of age with endocrine-responsive breast cancer.
1 The data presented from the Austrian group support that tumor size is a helpful adjunct when selecting which patients should undergo sentinel lymph node surgery for staging and which patients can avoid surgical axillary staging. …