Open AccessA Declining Rate of Completion Axillary Dissection in Sentinel Lymph Node-positive Breast Cancer Patients Is Associated With the Use of a Multivariate Nomogram
Author(s) -
Julia Park,
Jane Fey,
Arpaik,
Patrick I. Borgen,
Kimberly J. Van Zee,
Hiram S. Cody
Publication year - 2007
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.0000250439.86020.85
Subject(s) - medicine , axillary lymph node dissection , nomogram , sentinel lymph node , breast cancer , axilla , surgery , radiology , oncology , cancer
To compare sentinel lymph node (SLN)-positive breast cancer patients who had completion axillary dissection (ALND) with those who did not, with particular attention to clinicopathologic features, nomogram scores, rates of axillary local recurrence (LR), and changes in treatment pattern over time.