title: Lymph node dissection: is it diagnostic or therapeutic?
authors.forename: Elin R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Sigurdson
mesh_terms: D001365:Axilla; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002983:Clinical Competence; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000379:methods; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis