Sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients w
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Kelly M. McMasters; Celia Chao; Sandra L. Wong; Robert C. G. Martin III; Michael
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Article
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2002
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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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