Can axillary lymph node dissection be omitted in patients with breast cancer and positive sentinel nodes?
Dominici L, Golshan M. Can axillary lymph node dissection be omitted in patients with breast cancer and positive sentinel nodes? Minerva Surgery 2010, 65: 547-54. PMID: 21081866.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancerSentinel lymphAxillary lymph node dissectionPositive sentinel lymph nodesCompletion axillary dissectionLymph node dissectionPositive axillary nodesPositive sentinel nodesSentinel lymph nodesStandard of careInvasive surgical managementNegative axillaAxillary dissectionAxillary lymphNode dissectionAxillary nodesLymph nodesSentinel nodesSurgical managementSurgical proceduresPatientsLymphCancerDissectionTherapeutic purposes