Although it is known that preinvasive tumors do not spread to the lymph nodes, the minimally ... node-negative patients to SLN biopsy alone (with completion axillary dissection for SLN-positive ...

Sentinel lymph node (SN) biopsy has become the standard procedure for the staging of negative axillary nodes. The accurate detection of SN metastasis has a good predictive value to decide whether ...

This includes evaluating the necessity of surgical interventions like axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) versus less invasive options such as sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) and axillary ...