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Axillary Lymph Node Dissection Doesn't Improve Breast Cancer Survival
Axillary Lymph Node Dissection Doesn't Improve Breast Cancer Survival
MA Moon
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20110108
2011 Feb 8
Elsevier Global Medical News
Axillary Lymph Node Dissection Doesn't Improve Breast Cancer Survival
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2011 Feb 8, MA Moon
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News ArticleAxillary lymph node dissection did not improve overall survival or disease-free survival in women with T1-T2 breast cancer who were found to have limited metastasis on sentinel node dissection, according to a report in the Feb. 9 issue of JAMA.In the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group's Z0011 trial, survival was nearly identical between women who underwent lumpectomy and sentinel node dissection alone, followed by adjuvant chemotherapy and tangential-field whole-breast irradiation,...