Title: Surgical Management of the Axilla in Symptomatic Invasive Breast Cancers in Clyde Region. A retrospective review of practice 2004–2008
Abstract: Introduction: Historically axillary node clearance (ANC) was standard in the management of breast cancer. Associated morbidity was common and often debilitating. Recently techniques have developed to decrease the level of invasiveness of axillary surgery; thus reducing associated morbidity. The technique of sentinel node biopsy (SNB) has been proven to accurately stage the axilla in patients who are clinically node negative. In Clyde SNB (introduced January 2008) is now used in all patients with invasive breast cancer with a sonographically node negative axilla. We aim to illustrate the change in practice of surgical management of the axilla over the past 5 years. Nationally as the technique of SNB becomes more available, it has been suggested that the number of patients with invasive, node negative breast cancer with greater than seven nodes excised should be small.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-11-01
Language: en
Type: review
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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