European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical OncologyHumansFemaleMiddle AgedLymph Node ExcisionBreast Neoplasms
Patients with positive axillary nodes undergoing upfront surgery: Can axillary dissection be safely omitted?
Miranda Addie, Alexander-Darius Miron, Ericka Iny, Stephanie M Wong, Vanessa M S Ross, Ipshita Prakash, Sarkis Meterissian
Published: 202610.1016/j.ejso.2025.111304
Abstract
PURPOSE: To determine the extent of axillary disease in patients with non-palpable but preoperatively biopsy-proven positive nodes, and to identify predictors of extensive lymph node (LN) involvement, defined as ≥3 positive LNs (LN+). METHODS: A retr…
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