| Autor: |
Richard L, White, Pooja P, Palmer, Sally J, Trufan, Deba, Sarma |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
The American surgeon. 85(7) |
| ISSN: |
1555-9823 |
| Popis: |
Some authors report that patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy have fewer lymph nodes harvested during axillary dissection and more dissections with10 nodes compared with patients who undergo surgery initially. We sought to determine whether there was a difference between these patient groups in terms of number of nodes harvested and number of dissections with10 nodes. Retrospective review of 258 patients diagnosed with breast cancer who underwent an axillary lymph node dissection between July 1, 2015, and December 31, 2017 was performed. Chi-squared test was used to assess differences between patient groups. Of 258 patients undergoing dissection, 48 per cent received neoadjuvant chemotherapy; 52 per cent underwent surgery as first therapeutic intervention. Mean number of nodes resected; 14.3 + 6.3 for patients with no prior chemotherapy |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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