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Number of lymph nodes removed in sentine

Number of lymph nodes removed in sentinel lymph node-negative breast cancer patients is significantly related to patient age and tumor size : A new source of bias in morbidity assessment?

✍ Elisa Rush Port; Sujata Patil; Michelle Stempel; Monica Morrow; Hiram S. Cody II 📂 Article 📅 2010 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 173 KB

## Abstract ## BACKGROUND: Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy has been well‐established for axillary lymph node staging for patients with breast cancer. For lymph node‐negative patients, planned “backup” axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) is rarely indicated. Among patients with negative SLNs, th