Open AccessUnnecessary Axillary Surgery for Patients With Node-Negative Breast Cancer Undergoing Total Mastectomy
Author(s) -
Windy Olaya
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
archives of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3644
pISSN - 0004-0010
DOI - 10.1001/archsurg.2011.196
Subject(s) - medicine , axillary lymph node dissection , breast cancer , sentinel lymph node , mastectomy , surgery , axilla , total mastectomy , sentinel node , breast carcinoma , lymph node , modified radical mastectomy , stage (stratigraphy) , cancer , paleontology , biology
To identify factors associated with the use of axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) as the initial axillary staging in node-negative breast cancer patients undergoing total mastectomy.
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