Long term outcomes of sentinel lymph node biopsy for ductal carcinoma in situ
Hung P, Wang SY, Killelea BK, Mougalian SS, Evans SB, Sedghi T, Gross CP. Long term outcomes of sentinel lymph node biopsy for ductal carcinoma in situ. JNCI Cancer Spectrum 2019, 3: pkz052. PMID: 32337481, PMCID: PMC7049982, DOI: 10.1093/jncics/pkz052.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSentinel lymph node biopsyBreast-conserving surgeryBreast cancer mortalityLong-term outcomesDuctal carcinomaCancer mortalityEnd Results-Medicare datasetCompeting-risks survival analysisLymph node biopsyPopulation cohort dataNode biopsyOlder patientsSentinel lymphBreast conservationUS SurveillanceTerm outcomesSurvival analysisDCISPatientsStatistical significanceRoutine performanceBiopsySurgeryCarcinomaRecurrence