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Article: Sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer patients avoids axillary dissection.
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- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- May 3, 2004
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2004 MAY 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer patients avoids axillary dissection.
According to recent research from Netherlands, "Since its introduction in the early 1990s, the sentinel node (SN) concept in breast cancer has been validated by many studies. Because SN biopsy in breast cancer enables the identification of node-negative axillae, the potential morbidity of an axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) can be avoided."
"The SN procedure is still surrounded by many variables and uncertainties, such as the clinical relevance of micrometastases. However, the main goal is to avoid unnecessary ALND in node-negative ...
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