Open AccessDo All Patients With Sentinel Node Metastasis From Breast Carcinoma Need Complete Axillary Node Dissection?
Author(s) -
Kyo U. Chu,
Roderick R. Turner,
Nora M. Hansen,
Meghan B. Brennan,
Anton J. Bilchik,
Armando E. Giuliano
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199904000-00013
Subject(s) - medicine , axillary lymph node dissection , micrometastasis , sentinel node , sentinel lymph node , axilla , breast carcinoma , primary tumor , metastasis , lymph node , lymphadenectomy , breast cancer , axillary dissection , radiology , dissection (medical) , surgery , cancer
To determine the likelihood of nonsentinel axillary metastasis in the presence of sentinel node metastasis from a primary breast carcinoma.