Is it possible to abandon sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer patients with negative axillary ultrasound in the post-Z0011 era? A retrospective analysis
2020
Abstract
Axillary ultrasound is an integral part of preoperative clinical assessment in all breast cancer patients. Despite its outstanding sensitivity and specificity, it is still necessary to perform surgical staging consisting of sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy in patients with no ultrasonographically suspicious lymph nodes (LN) (cN0).