AN ANALYSIS OF NON-SENTINEL NODE POSITIVITY IN MASTECTOMY AND WIDE LOCAL EXCISION. AFTER SENTINEL NODE BIOPSY: WHEN COULD ...
AN ANALYSIS OF NON-SENTINEL NODE POSITIVITY IN MASTECTOMY AND WIDE LOCAL EXCISION AFTER SENTINEL NODE BIOPSY: WHEN COULD THE AXILLA BE SPARED? IQBAL FM, BELL H, NATALWALA I, TANDON M, HAMMOND L, NARAYANAN S, SOUMIAN S, KIRBY RM BACKGROUND & AIMS
METHODS
• Axillary nodal clearance (ANC) remains standard therapy in sentinel lymph node (SLN) positive patients. • A high rate of negative non-SLN (nSLN) and low axillary recurrence rates have prompted a more conservative approach since the recent results of the ACOSOG Z0011 trial which recommended sparing ANC with
