Sentinel Node Biopsy for Breast Cancer Patients: Issues for Discussion and Our Practice

Autor: Dorothy Vassilaros, Stamatis Vasilaros, Anastasia Apostolopoulou, Georgios Pechlivanides, Anastasios Tsimpanis
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Pathology Research International, Vol 2011 (2011)
Pathology Research International
Popis: Sentinel node biopsy has been established for several years now as a standard procedure of breast cancer surgery, but there are several variations of the indications and the technique used. This paper provides information regarding several issues of debate for its application as are the selection criteria, the application to patients with multifocal/multicentric breast cancer or DCIS, postneoadjuvant chemotherapy, the necessary number of nodes to be biopsied, the need for lymphoscintigraphy, the technique for frozen section, the factors that may predict nonsentinel nodes (NSNs) involvement, the value of micrometastasis and isolated tumour cells, the internal mammary chain sentinel nodes, and finally the axillary recurrence after SLNB. Our view for these issues is included together with our experience of 430 SLNBs.
Databáze: OpenAIRE