Surgeon Attitudes Toward the Omission of Axillary Dissection in Early Breast Cancer | Zendy

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Surgeon Attitudes Toward the Omission of Axillary Dissection in Early Breast Cancer

Author(s) -

Monica Morrow,

Reshma Jagsi,

M. Chandler McLeod,

Dean A. Shumway,

Steven J. Katz

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

jama oncology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 8.846

H-Index - 99

eISSN - 2374-2445

pISSN - 2374-2437

DOI - 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.1908

Subject(s) - medicine , axillary lymph node dissection , breast cancer , sentinel lymph node , axilla , general surgery , population , surgery , cancer , environmental health

The American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (ACOSOG) Z0011 study demonstrated the safety of sentinel node biopsy alone in clinically node-negative women with metastases in 1 or 2 sentinel nodes treated with breast conservation. Little is known about surgeon perspectives regarding when axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) can be omitted.

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