Recently, omission of axillary lymph node dissection among patients with early breast cancer has been found to have no detrimental effect on outcomes in most cases, continuing a trend toward less ...

Sentinel lymph node biopsy has replaced traditional axillary dissection, minimizing lymphedema risk in breast cancer surgery. The procedure targets the first draining lymph nodes, reducing unnecessary ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with early invasive breast cancer who did not receive axillary surgery had noninferior outcomes as ...

Preoperative axillary ultrasound and MRI effectively predict sentinel lymph node status, guiding safe SLNB de-escalation in ...

Response-guided axillary treatment using an approach known as the MARI protocol can safely spare many women with node-positive breast cancer from axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) after ...

Dr. Kandace P. McGuire discusses how targeted axillary staging differs from traditional methods of staging in patients undergoing breast cancer treatment. Targeted axillary dissection is used for ...

Sentinel lymph node biopsy was adopted for the staging of the axilla with the assumption that it would reduce the risk of lymphedema in women with breast cancer. The aim of this study was to determine ...

Dr. Stephen Edge answers the question: 'How to Detect Spread to Lymph Nodes?' — -- Question: What are the methods used to investigate whether breast cancer has spread to the lymph nodes? Answer: ...

A project at Lund University in Sweden has trained an AI model to identify breast cancer patients who could be spared from axillary surgery. The model analyzes previously unutilized information in ...