Can Axillary Node Dissection Be Omitted in a Subset of Patients with Low Local and Regional Failure Rates?
Barkley C, Burstein H, Smith B, Bellon J, Wong J, Gadd M, Taghian A, Winer E, Iglehart JD, Harris J, Golshan M. Can Axillary Node Dissection Be Omitted in a Subset of Patients with Low Local and Regional Failure Rates? The Breast Journal 2011, 18: 23-27. PMID: 22017599, DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2011.01178.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPositive sentinel lymph nodesSentinel lymph node biopsySentinel lymph nodesAxillary node dissectionCompletion axillary node dissectionLow-risk patient populationAdjuvant treatment patternMedian patient agePercent of patientsLymph node biopsyStandard of careNodal radiationNode dissectionMicrometastatic diseaseNode biopsyLymph nodesPatient ageTreatment patternsPatient populationBreast cancerClinical dataRadiation therapyPatientsDiseaseMacrometastasis