Is the sentinel lymph node biopsy more sensitive for the identification of positive lymph nodes in breast cancer than the axillary lymph node dissection?

Since the routine clinical use of the sentinel lymph node (SLN) procedure, questions have been raised concerning an increase in the overall percentage of node-positive patients. The goal of our study was to compare the sensitivity of the SLN procedure and the axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) fo...

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Autores principales: Smeets, Ann, Yoshihara, Emi, Laenen, Annouschka, Reynders, Anneleen, Soens, Julie, Wildiers, Hans, Paridaens, Robert, Van Ongeval, Chantal, Floris, Giuseppe, Neven, Patrick, Christiaens, Marie-Rose
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2013
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3699711/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23961380
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-2-275

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