Even with only 10-30% of the patients with tumors < 2.0 cm presenting with axillary involvement (25 - 27), the above described results suggest that the most important predictive factors for malignancy ...

Nine hundred thirty-six women who underwent SLN biopsy (SLNB) alone or SLNB followed by axillary lymph node dissection (SLNB/ALND) between June 1, 1999, and May 30, 2003, were evaluated at a median of ...

A total of 6676 axillary lymph nodes were restaged, with an average of 250 lymph node sections analyzed per patient; nodes with tumor-cell deposits ≤0.2 mm in diameter were designated pN 0 (i+ ...

In 2025, ASCO published a guideline update on the use of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in patients with early-stage breast cancer (stages I and II) treated with up-front breast-conserving surgery.

So, it will easily result in false-positive and false-negative conclusions if determining LNM only based on the lymph node size. 23, 24 In addition to the sizes on CT, metastatic lymph nodes may also ...

Recent results from the NRG-NSABP B-51/RTOG 1304 clinical study showed that the addition of regional nodal irradiation (RNI) does not decrease the rates of invasive breast cancer recurrence in ...

Recent results from the NRG-NSABP B-51/RTOG 1304 clinical study showed that the addition of regional nodal irradiation (RNI) does not decrease the rates of invasive breast cancer recurrence in ...