Pathological work-up of sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer. Review of current data to be considered for the formulation of guidelines

G Cserni, I Amendoeira, N Apostolikas… - European Journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
Controversies and inconsistencies regarding the pathological work-up of sentinel lymph
nodes (SNs) led the European Working Group for Breast Screening Pathology (EWGBSP) to …

Sentinel lymph node biopsy compared with axillary lymph node dissection in early breast cancer: a meta-analysis

Z Wang, LC Wu, JQ Chen - Breast cancer research and treatment, 2011 - Springer
Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has been recommended as the standard performance
for negative sentinel lymph node (SLN) patients without axillary lymph node dissection …

A nomogram for predicting the likelihood of additional nodal metastases in breast cancer patients with a positive sentinel node biopsy

KJ Van Zee, DME Manasseh, JLB Bevilacqua… - Annals of surgical …, 2003 - Springer
Background: The standard of care for breast cancer patients with sentinel lymph node (SLN)
metastases includes complete axillary lymph node dissection (ALND). However, many …

New models and online calculator for predicting non-sentinel lymph node status in sentinel lymph node positive breast cancer patients

HE Kohrt, RA Olshen, HR Bermas, WH Goodson… - BMC cancer, 2008 - Springer
Background Current practice is to perform a completion axillary lymph node dissection
(ALND) for breast cancer patients with tumor-involved sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) …

Clinicopathologic factors predicting involvement of nonsentinel axillary nodes in women with breast cancer

RF Hwang, S Krishnamurthy, KK Hunt, N Mirza… - Annals of surgical …, 2003 - Springer
Background: It is unclear which breast cancer patients with positive sentinel lymph nodes
(SLNs) require a completion axillary lymph node dissection. Our aim was to determine …

A model for predicting non-sentinel lymph node metastatic disease when the sentinel lymph node is positive

A Pal, E Provenzano, SW Duffy, SE Pinder… - Journal of British …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Background Women with axillary sentinel lymph node (SLN)-positive breast cancer usually
undergo completion axillary lymph node dissection (ALND). However, not all patients with …

Nonsentinel node metastasis in breast cancer patients: assessment of an existing and a new predictive nomogram

AC Degnim, C Reynolds, G Pantvaidya… - The American journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The accurate prediction of nonsentinel node (NSN) metastasis in breast
cancer patients remains uncertain. METHODS: The medical records of 574 breast cancer …

Meta-analysis of non-sentinel node metastases associated with micrometastatic sentinel nodes in breast cancer

G Cserni, D Gregori, F Merletti, A Sapino… - Journal of British …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Background The need for further axillary treatment in patients with breast cancer with low-
volume sentinel node (SN) involvement (micrometastases or smaller) is controversial …

Predicting the risk for additional axillary metastases in patients with breast carcinoma and positive sentinel lymph node biopsy

G Viale, E Maiorano, G Pruneri… - Annals of …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To assess whether the risk for nonsentinel node metastases may be predicted,
thus sparing a subgroup of patients with breast carcinoma and a positive sentinel lymph …

Clinicopathologic features of metastasis in nonsentinel lymph nodes of breast carcinoma patients: a metaanalysis

AC Degnim, KA Griffith, MS Sabel, DF Hayes… - Cancer, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND In breast carcinoma patients with a positive sentinel lymph node (SN), the
value of complete axillary lymph node dissection has been questioned. Multiple published …