Survival Analysis of Early-Stage Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Axillary Lymph Node Dissection and Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection

the accuracy of sentinel lymph node biopsy compared with axillary lymph node dissection in breast cancer

background : sentinel lymph node biopsy is used as an accurate staging procedure to detect early breast cancer. several studies have documented that sentinel lymph node biopsy can accurately determine the status of axillary nodes. sentinel node biopsy offers the advantage of accurately staging the axilla and eliminating the need for a full axillary dissection for patients who have a negative se...

Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy and Axillary Node Dissection in Early Stage Breast Cancer

Sentinel lymph node dissection in early stage breast cancer.

Axillary lymph node sampling plays an important role in the evaluation and treatment of women with breast cancer. Involvement of these nodes often provides the pivotal information for making decisions about adjuvant therapy: as a significant predictor of the likelihood of developing future metastatic disease, it forecasts the absolute risk reduction afforded by either hormonal treatment or chem...

Axillary Lymph Node Dissection in Breast Cancer Patients. the Role of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy

Rationale. Since its introduction in the early 1990s, sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is regarded as the standard treatment for patients with clinically negative axillary lymph nodes (LNs) on initial presentation. Classically, when the SLN biopsy is negative, the axillary LN dissection (ALND) is no further necessary. On the other hand, performing complete ALND in case of a positive SLNB is co...

Dissection axillary lymph node count in patient with breast cancer followed by neoadjuvant therapy

Introduction: Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the second cause of death in women. It is essential to have the highest level of confidence in axillary staging assessment. Many surgeons and pathologists believe that fewer lymph nodes are present in axillary dissection specimens of women treated by neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Consequently, the purpose of this study was to compare the lym...