Overexploring and overtreating the axilla

Breast. 2017 Feb:31:290-294. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2016.05.002. Epub 2016 Jun 6.
No abstract available

Keywords: Axilla; Axillary dissection; Breast Cancer; Micrometastasis; Overtreatment; Sentinel node biopsy.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Axilla
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lymph Node Excision*
  • Lymph Nodes / diagnostic imaging
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology*
  • Lymph Nodes / surgery*
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Medical Overuse*
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy
  • Neoplasm Micrometastasis
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
  • Ultrasonography