Factors Influencing Non-sentinel Node Metastasis in Patients with Macrometastatic Sentinel Lymph Node Involvement and Validation of Three Commonly Used Nomograms | Zendy

Hikmet Erhan Güven | Zendy; Lütfi Doğan | Zendy; Mahmut Onur Kültüroğlu | Zendy; Mehmet Ali Gülçelik | Zendy; Cihangir Özaslan | Zendy

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Factors Influencing Non-sentinel Node Metastasis in Patients with Macrometastatic Sentinel Lymph Node Involvement and Validation of Three Commonly Used Nomograms

Author(s) -

Hikmet Erhan Güven,

Lütfi Doğan,

Mahmut Onur Kültüroğlu,

Mehmet Ali Gülçelik,

Cihangir Özaslan

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

meme sağlığı dergisi/meme sağlığı dergisi

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1306-0953

pISSN - 1306-0945

DOI - 10.5152/ejbh.2017.3545

Subject(s) - medicine , sentinel lymph node , axillary lymph node dissection , nomogram , breast cancer , metastasis , primary tumor , sentinel node , radiology , surgery , cancer , oncology

Omitting axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in a subgroup of patients with sentinel lymph node (SLN) metastasis is becoming a widely accepted practice. Avoiding the well-known complications of ALND is the sole aim without compromising the curative intention of surgery.

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