Impact of Sentinel lymph node biopsy in decreasing hospital stay & axillary clearance: A single unit District General Hospital experience

Initial experience in a community hospit

Initial experience in a community hospital with sentinel lymph node mapping and biopsy for evaluation of axillary lymph node status in palpable invasive breast cancer

✍ Morgan, Alan; Howisey, Robert L.; Aldape, Hector C.; Patton, Richard G.; Rowboth 📂 Article 📅 1999 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 130 KB 👁 2 views

Background and Objectives: To determine the sentinel node detection rate and the accuracy with which the sentinel node histology reflects that of the axilla in a series of patients with palpable invasive breast cancer. Methods: Forty-four patients with clinically node-negative palpable invasive T1 o