Omission of Axillary Staging and Survival in Elderly Women With Early Stage Breast Cancer

Objectives:. Determine if axillary staging is associated with survival in elderly women with breast cancer. Background:. Axillary staging in women ≥ 70 years with early-stage breast cancer is controversial. Older randomized evidence has not shown axillary staging improves survival, but recent observ...

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Main Authors: Matthew Castelo, MD, Bettina E. Hansen, PhD, Lawrence Paszat, MD, MS, Nancy N. Baxter, MD, PhD, Adena S. Scheer, MD, MSc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Health 2022-06-01
Series:Annals of Surgery Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/AS9.0000000000000159