Open AccessPractical consensus recommendations regarding the management of sentinel lymph node issues in early breast cancer
Author(s) -
Vedant Kabra,
Rohit Aggarwal,
Shakti Vardhan,
Mukul Singh,
Rohan Khandelwal,
Satish Jain,
Sonali Sahani,
Sunil Saini,
Nandita Deo,
Rachna Kaul,
Purvish M. Parikh,
Sandeep Aggarwal
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
south asian journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-4306
pISSN - 2278-330X
DOI - 10.4103/sajc.sajc_120_18
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , sentinel lymph node , axillary lymph node dissection , lymph node , axillary dissection , axillary lymph nodes , biopsy , general surgery , cancer , medical physics , radiology
Axillary lymph node involvement is a very important poor prognostic factor in the clinical staging and management of breast cancer patients. Traditionally, axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) has been used for determining the status of the axillary lymph nodes. More recently the sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) procedure has gained wider acceptance as the standard of care, having the advantage of being less invasivewhile providing good accuracy. This expert group used data from published literature, practical experience and opinion of a large group of academic oncologists to arrive at these practical consensus recommendations in regards with the use of the two different procedures and other issues in patients with early breast cancer for the benefit of community oncologists.