Correlation between sentinel lymph node biopsy and non-sentinel lymph node metastasis in patients with cN0 breast carcinoma: comparison of invasive ductal carcinoma and invasive lobular carcinoma

Abstract Background Some studies have suggested that axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) can be avoided in women with cN0 breast cancer with 1–2 positive sentinel nodes (SLNs). However, these studies included only a few patients with invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC), so the validity of omitting AL...

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Main Authors: Calogero Cipolla, Simona Lupo, Nello Grassi, Giuseppe Tutino, Martina Greco, D’Agati Eleonora, Vittorio Gebbia, Maria Rosaria Valerio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-04-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12957-024-03375-9