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Although axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) is currently the standard of care for the management of patients with invasive breast carcinoma, it can be avoided in certain cases in which the lesions are low risk. For those patients for whom ALND is indicated, new surgical approaches as well as grea...

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Published inCancer Vol. 83; no. S12B; pp. 2877 - 2879
Main Authors Leitch, A. Marilyn, Meek, Allen G., Smith, Robert A., Boris, Marvin, Bourgeois, Pierre, Higgins, Susan, Pressman, Peter I., Stevens, John, Stevens, Randy E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York John Wiley & Sons, Inc 15.12.1998
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Summary:Although axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) is currently the standard of care for the management of patients with invasive breast carcinoma, it can be avoided in certain cases in which the lesions are low risk. For those patients for whom ALND is indicated, new surgical approaches as well as greater care and attention to detail with current approaches to surgery and radiation to the axilla may reduce the risk of posttreatment lymphedema.
Bibliography:Presented at the American Cancer Society Lymphedema Workshop, New York, New York, February 20‐22, 1998.
ISSN:0008-543X
1097-0142
DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19981215)83:12B+<2877::AID-CNCR43>3.0.CO;2-T