Axillary Recurrence Rate After Negative Sentinel Node Biopsy in Breast Cancer

Autor: Leif Bergkvist, Goeran Liljegren, Christian Ingvar, Jana de Boniface, Jan Frisell, Per-Ebbe Jönsson
Přispěvatelé: University of Groningen
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Annals of Surgery, 247(1), 150-156. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
ISSN: 0003-4932
Popis: Background: Sentinel lymph node biopsy is an established staging method in early breast cancer. After a negative biopsy, most institutions will not perform a completion axillary dissection. The present study reports the current axillary recurrence (AR) rate, overall and disease-free survival in the Swedish Multicenter Cohort Study. Methods: From 3534 patients with primary breast cancer
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