title: Improved staging of breast cancer through lymphatic mapping and sentinel node biopsy.
abstract: Sentinel node biopsy is a less invasive technique for staging breast cancer than complete axillary lymph-node dissection and may be as accurate. In the case of a 71-year-old woman with a T1 breast cancer, sentinel node biopsy improved staging. Metastases were discovered in sentinel nodes outside the axilla while the axillary nodes were tumour-free.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, The Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jansen
authors.forename: O E
authors.initials: OE
authors.lastname: Nieweg
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Valdés Olmos
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Rutgers
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Peterse
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Vries
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Doting
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Kroon
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging