Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of sentinel lymph node biopsy compared with axillary node dissection in patients with early-stage breast cancer: a decision model analysis

BACKGROUND: Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is less invasive than axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) for staging early breast cancer, and has a lower risk of arm lymphoedema and similar rates of locoregional recurrence up to 8 years. This study estimates the longer-term effectiveness and cost-e...

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Autores principales: Verry, H, Lord, S J, Martin, A, Gill, G, Lee, C K, Howard, K, Wetzig, N, Simes, J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2012
Materias:
Clinical Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3304429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22415293
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2012.62

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