Dr. Vanessa Leonhard and Dr. David Jerkins of PCI are two of the only doctors in the state of Iowa who perform a ...

Using sentinel lymph node biopsy and marking axillary nodes with radioactive iodine (MARI) seeds showed the feasibility of omitting axillary dissection in selected patients with lymph node ...

The two types of limited nodal assessment led to similar outcomes in all analyses: 3-year axillary recurrence: 0.5% with TAD vs 0.8% with SLNB 3-year locoregional recurrence: 0.8% vs 1.9% 3-year ...

In the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) 10981-22023 Comparison of Complete Axillary Lymph Node Dissection with Axillary Radiation Therapy in Treating Women with ...

Recently, primary results from the SOUND trial showed that omission of axillary surgery was noninferior to sentinel-lymph-node biopsy in patients with small breast cancers up to 2 cm. 8 The ...

Axillary lymph node involvement is the best prognostic factor for breast cancer survival. Staging breast cancers by axillary dissection remains standard management and is part of the UK national ...

Purpose 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 ...