Real-world Outcomes of Postoperative Management for Sentinel Lymph Node-positive Breast Cancer Without Intraoperative Assessment: A Single-institution Retrospective Study
In the era of effective adjuvant radiotherapy and systemic therapy, the indications for omitting ALND may be further extended even to higher-risk patients. These results highlight the diminishing role of intraoperative pathological assessment of SLNB in contemporary breast cancer management.
Authors
- Chika Watanabe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4905-3798)
- Hanae Matsuda
- Wataru Goto
- Mariko Nishikawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9976-688X)
- Shinichiro Kashiwagi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0460-9599)
- Masatsune SHIBUTANI
- Haruhito Kinoshita
- Saeko Henmi
- TAMAMI MORISAKI
- YUKIE TAUCHI
- KOJI TAKADA
- KANA OGISAWA
Institutions
- Osaka Metropolitan University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Anticancer Research
- Published
- 2025-12-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.21873/anticanres.17956
- Primary Topic
- Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00