Axillary Lymph Node Dissection
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Based on 38 fieldwork interviews with women living with breast cancer conducted in Spain between 2006 and 2008, I draw attention to the significance of what Ludica (2013) refers to as the "invisible scars of cancer" for a holistic... more
BACKGROUND: Several models for the prediction of nonsentinel lymph node (NSLN) metastasis in sentinel lymph node (SLN)-positive breast cancer patients have been proposed. In this study, the authors evaluate the Stanford Online Calculator... more
BackgroundThe randomized EORTC 10981-22023 AMAROS trial investigates whether breast cancer patients with a tumor-positive sentinel node biopsy (SNB) are best treated with an axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) or axillary radiotherapy... more
Background The aim was to explore measurements of arm circumference and shoulder abduction as indicators of quality of life after axillary lymph node dissection for invasive breast cancer. Methods Differences in arm circumference and... more
Background Axillary lymph node dissection is an established procedure in breast cancer staging. However, it is associated with unpleasant side effects. A promising alternative to assess axillary lymph node status in early breast cancer... more