Sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients w
โ
Kelly M. McMasters; Celia Chao; Sandra L. Wong; Robert C. G. Martin III; Michael
๐
Article
๐
2002
๐
John Wiley and Sons
๐
English
โ 63 KB
๐ 1 views
Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy for the treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is not necessary and generally should be limited to those patients with a core needle biopsy diagnosis of DCIS who are undergoing mastectomy. Used in this way, SLN biopsy will spare the majority of patients with oc