Is it always necessary to perform an axillary lymph node dissection on patients undergoing neoadjuvant therapy? Outcomes of a retrospective study.

CONCLUSIONS: The possibility to detect patients with a lower risk of nodal disease before surgery may reduce the rate of false negative results of sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients receiving a neoadjuvant therapy. KEY WORDS: Axilla, Breast cancer, Lymphnodes, Lymphonodes sentinel. PMID: 31657352 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Annali Italiani di Chirurgia - Category: Surgery Tags: Ann Ital Chir Source Type: research