Safe and transparent introduction and evaluation of targeted axillary dissection in patients with node-positive breast cancer undergoing primary surgery: international consensus process
Robust international consensus methods have been used to agree how primary TAD should be performed, promoting safe and transparent introduction and evaluation of the technique.
Authors
- Rachel O’Connell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8593-9767)
- Katherine Fairhurst (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9838-4978)
- Louise Merker
- David Dodwell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8787-4904)
- Youmna Abdelaziz
- Marios Konstantinos Tasoulis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9453-1547)
- Ecem Memişoğlu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2360-4694)
- Amanda Thorne
- Saed Ramzi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4957-1106)
- José Ignacio Sánchez-Méndez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2559-2500)
- Isha Karwasra
- Hussain Adnan Abdulla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9382-5180)
- Alice Townend
- Alexandra Caziuc (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7591-4059)
- Rabia Ikram (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1224-9818)
- Barış Mantoğlu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2161-3629)
- Hannah Markham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1877-6056)
- O. Omidiji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9656-2037)
- Elsa Marques (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1360-5677)
- Shelley Potter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6977-312X)
- Meri Shoshkova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1629-0204)
- Mohamed S. Attia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6074-7366)
- Shabir Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7466-7770)
- Clare Fowler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8148-8690)
- Maria Sciamannini
- Mahmoud Alhussini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3169-4338)
- Thomas Hubbard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4593-0853)
- Erdinç Kamer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5084-5867)
- Simon Pilgrim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9774-6826)
- Ronan Mullan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5979-3680)
- Aikaterini Micha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7757-1643)
- Arda Işık (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9493-4055)
- Tsanko I. Yotsov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3308-5736)
- Fabio Rapisarda
- Kenneth Elder
- Victoria Graham
- Martin P. Karamanliev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5166-0752)
- Fatima Mohammed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7775-4463)
- Chwanrow Baban (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4609-6426)
- Syeda Rifaat Qamar Naqvi
- Duncan Simpson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0422-6464)
- Geraldine M. Mitchell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1092-8630)
- Jamie Vatish (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9331-9285)
- Nick Abbott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9795-3518)
- Yasmin Jauhari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4761-8655)
- Jonathan Horsnell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8405-6970)
- Petra Baji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2899-8557)
- Ching Wan Chan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9250-1296)
- Tim Rattay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2824-4854)
- Ufuk Memiş
- Beatrix Elsberger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2864-5789)
- Amit Agrawal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3144-0493)
- Jocelyn Lippey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9977-1646)
- Belal S Abufkhaida
- Maria Mir Jan
- Jennifer Rusby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0967-1778)
- Güldeniz Karadeniz Çakmak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5802-4441)
- Loukiani Kitsikosta
- Nishith Sudhir Mandal
- Hisham Osman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5079-2646)
- Luis Abraham Zúñiga Vázquez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7469-7969)
- M. Vernet-Tomás (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5575-2475)
- Aoïfe Lowery (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8062-6235)
- Kalliope Valassiadou
- Anneza Yiallourou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1237-1661)
- Burak Uçaner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5420-3810)
- Edward St John (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7306-6954)
- Jacqueline Rees-Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6083-6748)
- Siobhan Laws (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1815-8928)
- Jessica Frost (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2454-311X)
- Roslyn Stanton
- Michelle Mullan
- Victoria E. Brown
- Ross McLean (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8139-0201)
- Monika Kaushik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5057-0421)
- Helena Pereira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2053-0968)
- Stuart McIntosh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4123-9611)
- Mangesh A. Thorat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8673-5320)
- Lorenzo Scardina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5828-2851)
- Kerry Avery (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5477-2418)
- Matei Dordea
- Samantha Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0883-5569)
- Charlotte Kallaway
- Yazan Massanat
- Sophie Rees (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4399-2049)
- Lydia Prusty
- Cátia Ribeiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2043-2102)
- Saman Naz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4777-7872)
- Abdoul Halim Bagué
- Rita Canotilho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3914-0679)
- Amanda Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0019-9588)
- Maria Bramley
- Amtul R. Carmichael (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3003-8486)
- Stephen Kirk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8330-8402)
- Fábio Gontijo Rodrigues (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1223-9444)
- Harish Neelamraju Lakshmi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9558-1335)
- Sunita Saha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5517-214X)
- Hazem Khout (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8862-5501)
- Merve Yeşilsancak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5442-4680)
- Hannah Knight (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6809-2517)
- Muara Panusunan Lubis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1863-2204)
- Adrienne Morgan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4400-827X)
- Claudia Harding-Mackean
- Maria Verroiotou
- Mohamed Aamer
- Jen Isherwood
- Haluk Kerim Karakullukçu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1180-8297)
- Natalie Blencowe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6111-2175)
- Valentina Lefemine
- Reem Salman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0234-9815)
- Alison Hunter-Smith
- Sisse Olsen
- J. Gan
- Ahmet Necati Şanlı (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1483-8176)
- Dobromir Dimitrov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2842-5436)
- M. Elahi
- Ioannis Michalakis
- Tracey Irvine
- Cliona Kirwan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1725-4790)
- Nurhilal Kızıltoprak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4241-5872)
- Robert E. Thomas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3439-2669)
- Ali Cihat Yildirim
- Peter Barry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6326-4431)
- Seda Baştürk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0945-010X)
- Susanna Polotto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7470-0486)
- Lisa Sheehan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1097-3335)
- Mehmet Zeki Buldanlı (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6491-7630)
- Rebecca L. Wilson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3867-7784)
- Petr Kršička
- Mohamed O. Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7542-886X)
- Octav Ginghină (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2600-5398)
- Indrani Bhattacharya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1557-6961)
- Ramsey Cutress (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1719-7255)
- Gareth Irwin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2499-5896)
- Teresa Dias (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5421-4763)
- Helen Mathers
- Goonj Johri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3699-7338)
- Stergios Douvetzemis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8055-8164)
- Frederick Hartley
- Samantha Muktar
- Alejandro Martín Sánchez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4840-507X)
- Nikolaos Vassos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0580-5663)
- Tahir Masudi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4457-1035)
- Jenna Morgan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5337-5581)
- Jaime Alonso Reséndiz‐Colosia
- Rosa Félix (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5642-6006)
- G. Bruce Mann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2508-9203)
- Oğuz Hançerlioğulları (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2289-3834)
- Jarosław Krupa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7603-7983)
- Nicola Rocco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6941-7873)
- Mohammed Aslam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4560-8661)
- Vasileios Karydakis
- Hussein Tuffaha
- Gültekin Ozan Küçük (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6415-0900)
- Khaled Abdelwahab (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3679-8718)
- Spoorthi Shetty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8365-0612)
- Lucy A. Culliford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9255-6617)
- Saddaqat Hayat
- Amy Godden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9781-6097)
- Natasha Thakur
- Kholoud Awaji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6564-2464)
- Draga-Maria Mandi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5070-217X)
- Amtul Sami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4061-0052)
- Kirsty Roberts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0765-3752)
- Ömer Faruk Özkan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6644-2413)
- Norah P Scally
- Wafaa Ghazali
- Lee Martin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8952-3956)
- Matthew Rowland
- Katherine Krupa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5169-1524)
- Antonio Piñero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7718-8318)
- María L. López-Rodrı́guez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8607-1085)
- Paulina Bajonero-Canónico (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5383-2930)
- Christopher Holcombe
- Sharmin Islam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0474-4392)
- Melih Can Gul
- Jessica Harris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0403-7356)
- Mah Muneer Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7862-2721)
- Nidhi Garg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1845-5081)
- James A. Harvey
- Zarka Ahmad
- Ashok Kumar Chaubey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8405-0026)
- Nora Trabulsi
- Claire Murphy
- Nicola Roche
- Radha Raman Mondal
- Marta Jiménez Gómez
- Lazaros Papadopoulos
- Brendan Skelly
- Charles Zammit
- Iram Hassan
- Ahmad Jaber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4670-1461)
- László Romics
- Mario A. Luna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0187-2309)
- S. Saad
- Efrén Bolívar
- L Alriyees
- Inge Peerlinck
- Natalie Chand
- Angela Fanshawe
- Katherine Cowan
- M. Chandrashekar
- Grant Harris
- Rathi Rathinaezhil
- Henry Cain
- Natasha Shafique
- Emma MacInnes
- Rareș Georgescu
- Eleanore Massey
- M.S. Rohr
- Margaret Perkins
- Iskra Daskalova
- Anita Hargreaves
- Risha Lane
- Hande Köksal
- Sahar Elzein
- Begonia Lipp Von Wattenwyl
- Patricia Marques Lauria
- Enciu Octavian
- Bunmi Odofin
- Yasmeen Sajid
- Dragomir Timbur
- Jeha Alshawi
- Faisal Bibal
- Elena Gallini
- Omar Gomez-Quiñones
Institutions
- Queen's University Belfast (GB)
- North Bristol NHS Trust (GB)
- The Royal Melbourne Hospital (AU)
- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Royal Women's Hospital (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Katherine Hospital (AU)
- Southmead Hospital (GB)
- Broomfield Hospital (GB)
- Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (AU)
- Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust (GB)
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Breast Cancer Trials (AU)
- Southend Hospital (GB)
- NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- Breastscreen Victoria (AU)
- The Patients Association (GB)
- University of Portsmouth (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BJS Open
- Published
- 2025-08-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zraf121
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.94
Funders
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
- NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre
- Swansea Bay University Health Board
- İstanbul Medeniyet Üniversitesi
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- University of Exeter
- University of Southampton
- Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social