Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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11033610 | The Breast | 2018 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The overall risk of a positive SN in patients with DCIS on final pathology is low and less than 9% of these patients had positive non-SNs. This argues against using axillary lymph node dissection in this group. The odds of positive SN after surgical excisional biopsies showed more than a four-fold increase, indicating iatrogenic tumor cell displacement. It is questioned whether these patients should be upstaged and classified as having invasive carcinoma.
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Authors
Emil Villiam Holm-Rasmussen, Maj-Britt Jensen, Eva Balslev, Niels Kroman, Tove Filtenborg Tvedskov,