Open AccessThe Guiding Significance of the Number of Positive Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Frozen Section for Intraoperative Axillary Dissection in Early Breast Cancer
Author(s) -
Chengzhen Liang,
Liuyi Li,
Mingzhe Zhu,
Jian Hu,
Yang Yu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
cancer management and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.024
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 1179-1322
DOI - 10.2147/cmar.s308796
Subject(s) - axillary lymph node dissection , medicine , micrometastasis , sentinel lymph node , breast cancer , frozen section procedure , lymph , biopsy , metastasis , axillary dissection , radiology , surgery , pathology , cancer
The results of large randomised trials have changed the treatment strategy of axillary lymph nodes. Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) can be avoided in some patients with one to two sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) metastasis based on final paraffin section (FPS) results which called into question the need for intraoperative frozen section (FS). This study aims to assess the guiding value of the number of positive SLN detected via FS for intraoperative ALND.