New models and online calculator for predicting non-sentinel lymph node status in sentinel lymph node positive breast cancer patients

New models and online calculator for predicting non-sentinel lymph node status in sentinel lymph node positive breast cancer patients

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Current practice is to perform a completion axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) for breast cancer patients with tumor-involved sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs), although fewer than half will have non-sentinel node (NSLN) metastasis. Our...

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Main Authors: Johnson Denise L, Dunn Jocelyn J, Dirbas Frederick M, Philben Vicki J, Bailey Lisa, Rouse Robert V, Henry Solomon, Wood Douglas J, Goodson William H, Bermas Honnie R, Olshen Richard A, Kohrt Holbrook E, Wapnir Irene L, Carlson Robert W, Stockdale Frank E, Hansen Nora M, Jeffrey Stefanie S
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-03-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/8/66

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