Quantitation of sentinel node metastatic burden and Her-2/neu over-expression accurately predicts residual axillary nodal involvement and extranodal disease in breast cancer.

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Recent literature has suggested that completion axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in breast carcinoma patients with positive SLN may not be necessary. However, a method for determining the risk of non-SLN or extranodal disease remains to be established.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Eur J Surg Oncol

Title: European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1532-2157

ISSN (Print): 0748-7983

Publication date (Electronic): Jun 2013

Volume: 39

Issue: 6

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[1 ] Department of Surgery, UC Davis Health System, 2315 Stockton Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95817, USA. andrew.chae@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

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Publisher Item ID: S0748-7983(13)00262-X

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2013.02.017

PubMed ID: 23523315

SO-VID: c62959e6-3f3c-4664-a53e-1be51f487150

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