Predictive Value of Tumor Load in Breast Cancer Sentinel Lymph Nodes for Second Echelon Lymph Node Metastases | Zendy

Carolien H. M. van Deurzen | Zendy; Richard van Hillegersberg | Zendy; Monique G.G. Hobbelink | Zendy; Cornelis A. Seldenrijk | Zendy; Ron Koelemij | Zendy; P. J. van Diest | Zendy

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Predictive Value of Tumor Load in Breast Cancer Sentinel Lymph Nodes for Second Echelon Lymph Node Metastases

Author(s) -

Carolien H. M. van Deurzen,

Richard van Hillegersberg,

Monique G.G. Hobbelink,

Cornelis A. Seldenrijk,

Ron Koelemij,

P. J. van Diest

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

analytical cellular pathology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.576

H-Index - 24

eISSN - 2210-7185

pISSN - 2210-7177

DOI - 10.1155/2007/570683

Subject(s) - lymph node , axillary lymph node dissection , breast cancer , medicine , lymph , sentinel lymph node , node (physics) , sentinel node , primary tumor , axillary lymph nodes , cancer , metastasis , pathology , structural engineering , engineering

The need for routine axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in patients with invasive breast cancer and low-volume sentinel node (SN) involvement is questionable. Accurate prediction of second echelon lymph node involvement could identify those patients most likely to benefit from ALND.

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