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Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology 3/2017

01-03-2017 | Breast Oncology

Has the Time Come to Stop Surgical Staging of the Axilla for All Women Age 70 Years or Older with Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer?

Authors: Judy C. Boughey, MD, Bruce G. Haffty, MD, Elizabeth B. Habermann, PhD, Tanya L. Hoskin, MS, Matthew P. Goetz, MD

Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology | Issue 3/2017

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Classically, for patients with invasive breast cancer, surgical management has included axillary staging. Historically, this was performed by axillary lymph node dissection (ALND). Currently, for clinically node-negative disease, sentinel lymph node (SLN) surgery is routinely used to assess the status of the axilla and to determine whether the patient is pathologically node-positive or node-negative. …
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Metadata
Title
Has the Time Come to Stop Surgical Staging of the Axilla for All Women Age 70 Years or Older with Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer?
Authors
Judy C. Boughey, MD
Bruce G. Haffty, MD
Elizabeth B. Habermann, PhD
Tanya L. Hoskin, MS
Matthew P. Goetz, MD
Publication date
01-03-2017
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Annals of Surgical Oncology / Issue 3/2017
Print ISSN: 1068-9265
Electronic ISSN: 1534-4681
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-016-5740-z

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