Morbidity of Breast Cancer Patients Following Complete Axillary Dissection or Sentinel Node Biopsy Only: A Comparative Evaluation
- 1 May 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
- Vol. 73 (1) , 31-36
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1015234318582
Abstract
IntroductionThe usefulness of routine axillary dissection (AD) at levels I–II in breast cancer patients has been questioned for years because of the high postoperative morbidity in the shoulder and...Keywords
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