Number of lymph nodes removed in sentine
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Elisa Rush Port; Sujata Patil; Michelle Stempel; Monica Morrow; Hiram S. Cody II
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Article
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2010
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## BACKGROUND: Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy has been wellβestablished for axillary lymph node staging for patients with breast cancer. For lymph nodeβnegative patients, planned βbackupβ axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) is rarely indicated. Among patients with negative SLNs, th