title: Sentinel node biopsy to avoid axillary lymph node dissection in breast cancer.
abstract: The role of sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer has increased over the last few years. Sentinel nodes can predict the status of all axillary lymph nodes precisely and select patients with negative nodes for whom axillary dissection is unnecessary. Many problems remain, such as the ideal injection technique, ideal agents, and ideal histological detection of sentinel node metastases, and must be addressed before sentinel node biopsy becomes the standard of care for patients with breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, 1-3-3 Nakamichi, Higashinari-ku, Osaka 537-8511, Japan. motomurak@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Kazuyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Motomura
authors.forename: Yoshifumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Komoike
authors.forename: Sachiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagumo
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kasugai
authors.forename: Yoshihisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inaji
authors.forename: Shinzaburo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koyama
mesh_terms: D001365:Axilla; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy