Jun 18, 2025 · The benefit of regional nodal irradiation in women with breast cancer-positive axillary nodes has long been established. What’s less clear is what to do when positive axillary …

Mar 3, 2025 · Targeted axillary dissection is the optimal minimally invasive axillary technique in terms of diagnostic accuracy in patients with node-positive breast cancer undergoing …

Mar 23, 2021 · As suspected, the left breast/left axillary ultrasound demonstrated lymphadenopathy, confirmed by thickening of the lymph node cortex to greater than 3 mm …

Axillary dissection for clinically node-negative breast cancer includes resection of level I and level II lymph nodes and the fibrofatty tissue within which these nodes lie (see Figure 6). [26 ...

The benefits of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in breast cancer patients with histologically negative axillary nodes, in whom axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) is thereby avoided, …

Sep 25, 2003 · Findings on computed tomographic (CT) scans included several normal-sized retroperitoneal nodes and borderline enlarged bilateral external iliac and inguinal lymph nodes.

May 14, 2024 · Axillary recurrence was rare among patients who skipped standard axillary lymph node dissection after being downstaged to node-negative disease, a recent analysis found.

Dec 13, 2024 · Results of the INSEMA trial indicated that it’s safe to omit axillary sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with clinically node-negative, low-risk early invasive breast cancer.

Sep 8, 2025 · Marking and removing a single positive lymph node can safely guide axillary treatment in women with breast cancer, sparing many patients extensive axillary dissection.

Feb 9, 2011 · Axillary lymph node dissection is the gold standard when sentinel nodes are positive -- except in these cases.