axillary node dissection

The surgical removal of lymph nodes that drain a breast affected by breast cancer to debulk the tumor or to evaluate the nodes for evidence that the tumor has spread.

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Axillary node dissection was then done irrespective of SLNB outcome.

A PROSPECTIVE TRIAL COMPARING THE ACCURACY BETWEEN ULTRASOUND GUIDED FNAC OF AXILLARY LYMPH NODES AND SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY USING METHYLENE BLUE FOLLOWED BY IMPRINT CYTOLOGY IN CLINICALLY NODE NEGATIVE EARLY BREAST CANCERS

Left segmental mastectomy of the lesion with axillary node dissection revealed a staging of pT1N0Mx.

Two Cases Of Angiosarcoma Following Breast Cancer Radiation Therapy

(1) Angiosarcomas are becoming recognized as a complication following radiation therapy in women receiving conservative therapy for breast cancer treatment, as well as lymphedema following axillary node dissection. (1,2) As the incidence of breast cancer in the western world rises, so is the incidence of radiation induced angiosarcoma of the breast (RIASB), with a cumulative 15-year incidence of 0.9/1,000 breast cancer patients receiving radiation as a means of conservative therapy, with an average age of onset of 68 years.

Radiation-induced angiosarcoma of the breast

Do all patients with sentinel node metastasis from breast carcinoma need complete axillary node dissection? Ann Surg 1999; 229: 536-541.

Factors Influencing Non-sentinel Node Metastasis in Patients with Macrometastatic Sentinel Lymph Node Involvement and Validation of Three Commonly Used Nomograms

Moore also reports that some women having whole-breast radiation are able to cut their course of treatment from six weeks down to three weeks, and that, among women having a mastectomy (total breast removal), fewer women need full axillary node dissection (meaning fewer lymph nodes are removed).

Breast Cancer: Better Detection and Treatment Results in Fewer Deaths: Mammograms, breast density, and personalized treatment are just some of the topics being researched

Pellino et al., "The effects of low-thrombin fibrin sealant on wound serous drainage, seroma formation and length of postoperative stay in patients undergoing axillary node dissection for breast cancer: A randomized controlled trial," International Journal of Surgery, vol.

Effectiveness of Fibrin Sealant Patch in Reducing Drain Volume after Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection in Women with Gynecologic Malignancy

Axillary node dissection no longer standard of care.

Modern breast surgery: what you should know

The use of closed suction drain after lumpectomy and axillary node dissection for breast cancer.

IMPACT OF LOW VERSUS HIGH VACUUM SUCTION DRAINAGE ON DURATION OF HOSPITAL STAY AFTER MODIFIED RADICAL MASTECTOMY

Roberge is known nationally for her work in physical therapy for patients who have undergone axillary node dissection and/or treatment for breast cancer.

Clinton Hospital surgeon retiring

For women with no suspicious axillary nodes who undergo breast-conserving therapy, there is little evidence of benefit in doing a complete axillary node dissection compared with sentinel node biopsy alone, the reviewers report.

Less can be more when removing lymph nodes

Another landmark study, the NSABP B-06 trial [5] in 1976 randomised women with Stages I and II breast tumours [less than or equal to] 4 cm in size to lumpectomy and axillary node dissection with or without radiation versus modified radical mastectomy.

Sentinel node biopsy alone versus completion axillary node dissection in node positive breast cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis

British surgeon Charles Hewitt Moore advised mastectomy with complete axillary node dissection and chest wall muscles in the 1860s but it was William Halsted who made the concept of a radical mastectomy a practice in the 1880s.

The Ever-Changing Role of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in the Management of Breast Cancer