Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Patients With Early-Stage Breast Cancer

Publication Date: December 12, 2016
Last Updated: March 27, 2023

Clinicians should NOT recommend axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) for women with early-stage breast cancer:

Who do not have nodal metastases. (EB, B, S, H)
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Clinicians may offer SNB for women who have operable breast cancer who have the following circumstances:

Multicentric tumors. (EB, B, M, I)
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Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Patients With Early-Stage Breast Cancer

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