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Clinical Articles / BY: Rebecca Warburton, MD, FRCSC March 2018
... discussion with a radiation oncologist is recommended.[ 22 ] Mastectomy Breast cancer that cannot be treated ... all patients with invasive breast cancer. Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) has now been replaced by sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for most patients with clinically ...
Clinical Articles / BY: Connie G. Chiu, MD, FRCSC March 2018
... The estimated risk for patients undergoing axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) is 20%, compared with 5% for sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB).[ 1 ] However, a more clinically ... between cosmetic outcome, psychological adjustment,[ 21,22 ] and quality of life[ 23 ] has been well demonstrated. ...