predictive value of tumor load in breast cancer sentinel lymph nodes for second echelon lymph node metastases
;C. H. M. van Deurzen;R. van Hillegersberg;M. G. G. Hobbelink;C. A. Seldenrijk;R. Koelemij;P. J. van Diest
journal of the serbian chemical society2007Vol. 29pp. 497-505
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deurzen2007cellularpredictive
Abstract
Background: The need for routine axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in patients with invasive breast cancer and low-volume sentinel node (SN) involvement is questionable. Accurate prediction of second echelon lymph node involvement could identify those patients most likely to benefit from ALND.