Open AccessAxillary Recurrence Rate in Breast Cancer Patients With Negative Sentinel Lymph Node (SLN) or SLN Micrometastases
Author(s) -
Igor Langer,
Walter R. Marti,
Ulrich Güller,
Holger Moch,
F. Harder,
Daniel Oertli,
Markus Zuber
Publication year - 2005
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 - 10.1097/01.sla.0000149305.23322.3c
Subject(s) - medicine , sentinel lymph node , breast cancer , micrometastasis , axillary lymph node dissection , axilla , surgery , prospective cohort study , cancer , radiology
To assess the axillary recurrence rate in breast cancer patients with negative sentinel lymph node (SLN) or SLN micrometastases (>0.2 mm to <or=2.0 mm) after breast surgery and SLN procedure without formal axillary lymph node dissection (ALND).