De-Escalation of Axillary Surgery in Clinically Node-Positive Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Neoadjuvant Therapy: Comparative Long-Term Outcomes of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy versus Axillary Lymph Node Dissection
SLNB may be a safe and effective alternative to ALND for selected cN+ BC patients who convert to ycN0 after NAT. These findings suggest that careful patient selection is crucial, and further research is needed to validate these results in more comparable populations.
Authors
- Andrea Sagona (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4372-9921)
- Simone Di Maria Grimaldi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1014-0141)
- E. Barbieri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4980-3985)
- Damiano Gentile (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8861-5223)
- Corrado Tinterri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5442-2100)
Institutions
- Humanitas University (IT)
- IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cancers
- Published
- 2024-09-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16183168
- Citations
- 22
- Primary Topic
- Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.27