Thursday 26 July 2012

Factors predicting the non-sentinel lymph node involvement in breast cancer patients

Factors predicting the non-sentinel lymph node involvement in breast cancer patients with sentinel lymph node metastases. The breast, August 2012, Vol. 21(4), p.518-523.


Boler, D.E., et al.


http://www.thebreastonline.com/article/PIIS0960977612000392/abstract?rss=yes


In a significant proportion of patients, the sentinel lymph node (SLN) is the only involved axillary node. The goal of the present study was to identify predictive factors associated with a positive SLN and with a positive non-SLN in patients in whom axillary lymph node dissection was performed.