Factors predicting non-sentinel lymph node involvement in sentinel node positive breast carcinoma | Zendy

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Factors predicting non-sentinel lymph node involvement in sentinel node positive breast carcinoma

Author(s) -

Merih Güray Durak,

Bülent Akansu,

Mehmet Akın,

Ali İbrahim Sevinç,

Mehmet Ali Koçdor,

Serdar Saydam,

Ömer Harmancıoğlu,

Hülya Ellıdokuz,

Recep Bekiş,

Tülay Canda

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

turkish journal of pathology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.305

H-Index - 14

eISSN - 1309-5730

pISSN - 1018-5615

DOI - 10.5146/tjpath.2011.01074

Subject(s) - medicine , sentinel node , sentinel lymph node , breast cancer , axilla , axillary lymph node dissection , biopsy , metastasis , radiology , lymph node , primary tumor , breast carcinoma , cancer

In routine practice, axillary lymph node dissection is performed in early invasive breast cancer patients with positive sentinel node biopsy. However, sentinel node is the only involved axillary node in 40-70% of patients, and determining factors that predict axillary non-sentinel node involvement will therefore prevent unnecessary axillary lymph node dissection and decrease morbidity.

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