Selective Use of Sentinel Lymph Node Surgery in Patients Undergoing Prophylactic Mastectomy Using Intraoperative Pathology
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DOI: 10.1245/s10434-017-5925-0
Abstract: BackgroundRoutine sentinel lymph node (SLN) surgery during prophylactic mastectomy (PM) is unnecessary, because most PMs do not contain cancer. Our institution utilizes intraoperative pathology to guide the surgical decision for resection of SLNs in PM.… read more here.
Keywords: intraoperative pathology; sln surgery; pathology; sln ... See more keywords
ASO Author Reflections: De-escalating Axillary Management in Women Over 70 with Hormone Receptor Positive Disease
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DOI: 10.1245/s10434-021-10492-2
Abstract: Axillary surgery—historically with axillary dissection and more recently with sentinel lymph node surgery—has been the standard of care for axillary staging in all women with clinically node negative invasive breast cancer. In 2016, the Society… read more here.
Keywords: surgery; risk; nodal positivity; sln surgery ... See more keywords