Journal article
Management of Early Node-Positive Breast Cancer in Australia: A Multicentre Study
E Gannan, J Khoo, S Nightingale, TS Suhardja, J Lippey, H Keane, KJ Tan, D Clouston, A Gorelik, GB Mann, J Collins, A Murugasu, J Fox, M Henderson, D Speakman, J O'Brien, H Ewing, C Baker, M Walker
Breast Journal | Published : 2016
DOI: 10.1111/tbj.12595
Abstract
To examine practice patterns for breast cancer patients with limited sentinel node (SN) disease in light of the ACOSOG Z0011 results. Retrospective analysis of patients with T1-2 breast cancer and positive sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) admitted between January 2009 and December 2012. Patient demographics, tumor characteristics, and treatments were recorded. Eight hundred positive SLNBs were identified. A total of 452 (56.5%) proceeded to completion axillary lymph node dissection (cALND). cALND rate decreased from 65.1% to 49.7% from 2009–2010 to 2011–2012. cALND was performed for micrometastasis or isolated tumor cells in 39.3% in 2009–2010 and 22.2% in 2011–2012, whereas for macrometast..
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