Sentinel node identification rate, but not accuracy, is significantly decreased after pre-operative chemotherapy in axillary node-positive breast cancer patients
- 25 October 2006
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Springer Nature in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
- Vol. 102 (3) , 283-288
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-006-9330-9
Abstract
The aim was to prove the low identification rate of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SNB) and to determine the feasibility of replacing axillary lymph node dissection (AND) in axillary lymph node positive patients after chemotherapy.Keywords
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