Locoregional Management of the Axilla in Mastectomy Patients with One or Two Positive Sentinel Nodes: The Role of Intraoperative Pathology

CONCLUSION: Mastectomy patients with one or two FS+SLNs have a higher nodal disease burden than FS-SLN patients. The majority of FS+SLN patients underwent cALND, and 51% received PMRT with very low 5-year regional nodal recurrence rates. A substantial proportion of FS-SLN patients successfully avoided both cALND and PMRT. Frozen-section pathology analysis can guide de-escalation of axillary management.PMID:33839043 | DOI:10.1016/j.clbc.2021.02.013
Source: Clinical Breast Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Source Type: research