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Axillary nodal staging in breast cancer: what have we learned?
Axillary management in patients with breast cancer is in a constant state of evolution. To provide appropriate treatment recommendations, we must...
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Oncologic Outcomes for Different Axillary Staging Techniques in Patients with Nodal-Positive Breast Cancer Undergoing Neoadjuvant Systematic Treatment: A Cancer Registry Study
BackgroundTargeted approaches such as targeted axillary dissection (TAD) or sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) showed false-negative rates of < 10%...
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Axillary staging and management of cN + breast cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy: results of a survey among breast cancer surgeons in Spain
IntroductionGiven the high rate of complete nodal response, the role of axillary lymph node dissection on staging the axilla has been questioned....
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Redefining the clinical axillary lymph node staging using SPECT/CT in early breast cancer during SLNB
BackgroundSPECT/CT imaging can provide information on axillary nodal morphology, number, and status of axillary levels, along with information on...
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Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy and Axillary Staging for Breast Cancer
Sentinel lymph node biopsy is the most frequent procedure used for axillary staging in women with invasive breast cancer. This chapter describes the...
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Axillary Staging Is Not Justified in Postmenopausal Clinically Node-Negative Women Based on Nodal Disease Burden
BackgroundRxPONDER showed no benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy in postmenopausal women with estrogen receptor (ER) positive/human epidermal growth...
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Understanding Breast Cancer Oncology: The Need for Mastectomy and Axillary Staging
The treatment of breast cancer has evolved from the Halstedian era to the modern approach defined by surgical de-escalation in a multidisciplinary...
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Fine-needle aspiration cytology versus core needle lymph node biopsy in axillary staging of breast cancer
BackgroundAxillary lymph node status is an extremely important prognostic factor in evaluating and managing recently diagnosed breast cancer...
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Axillary Surgery for Early Breast Cancer
The clinical significance of regional nodal status in breast cancer has been well established in breast cancer patients. More specifically, axillary...
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Axillary Surgery After Primary Systemic Therapy
The evolving landscape of systemic therapies for breast cancer has in recent years constituted a paradigm shift that has, among other things,...
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The Association Between Surgical Axillary Staging, Adjuvant Treatment Use and Survival in Older Women with Early Stage Breast Cancer: A Population-Based Study
BackgroundChoosing Wisely guidelines recommend against surgical axillary staging (AS) in women ≥70 years with ER+/HER2– early stage breast cancer...
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Skin and Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy with Axillary Staging in Prepectoral Breast Reconstruction
Despite the modern trend towards surgical de-escalation, mastectomy still plays an important role not only in the management of breast cancer but...
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Machine Learning-Based Epigenetic Classifiers for Axillary Staging of Patients with ER-Positive Early-Stage Breast Cancer
BackgroundIn the era of molecular stratification and effective multimodality therapies, surgical staging of the axilla is becoming less relevant for...
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Nanoparticle-assisted axillary staging: an alternative approach after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with pretreatment node-positive breast cancers
PurposeIn order to achieve an optimized method of axillary staging after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in breast cancer patients with pretreatment...
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Evaluation of different imaging modalities for axillary lymph node staging in breast cancer patients to provide a personalized and optimized therapy algorithm
PurposeThe reliable detection of tumor-infiltrated axillary lymph nodes for breast cancer [BC] patients plays a decisive role in further therapy. We...
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Surgical Axillary Staging Before Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: Who Gets It and Why We Should Avoid It
BackgroundSurgical axillary staging demonstrating positive nodal disease before neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) necessitates axillary lymph node...
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Targeted axillary dissection: worldwide variations in clinical practice
PurposeTargeted axillary dissection (TAD) for the axillary staging of clinically node-positive (cN +) breast cancer patients converting to clinically...
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Controversial Areas in Axillary Staging: Are We Following the Guidelines?
BackgroundSentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has been the standard of care for clinically node-negative women with invasive breast cancer (IBC);...
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Axillary Lymph Nodes in Breast Cancer Patients After COVID-19 Vaccine
One of the side effects of vaccines used to end the COVID-19 epidemic is non-specifically enlarged axillary lymph nodes. Such lymphadenopathy...
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Staging and Surgical Management of Breast Cancer
The diagnosis of breast cancer is made using the principles of triple assessment. Staging of the disease is imperative in order to prognosticate and...