## Abstract ## Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer patients at our institution and to report the followβup status of nodeβnegative patients with removal of only the sentinel node. ## Methods A total of 247 breast can
Omitting axillary lymph node dissection in sentinel node negative breast cancer patients is safe: A long term follow-up analysis
β Scribed by Hans Torrenga; Hans Fabry; Joost R.M. van der Sijp; Paul J. van Diest; Rik Pijpers; Sybren Meijer
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 71 KB
- Volume
- 88
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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