title: Development of axillary surgery in breast cancer.
abstract: Axillary surgery is a critical part of the treatment of breast carcinoma: its importance is related to the staging of disease, prescription of adjuvant therapy and prognosis. For years, complete axillary dissection has remained the standard approach to breast cancer lymphatic staging; its value is still high, but the development of sentinel-node biopsy has significantly changed the indication of the procedure. We discuss the evolution of axillary surgery in breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: Division of Breast Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, via G. Ripamonti 435, 20141 Milan, Italy. alberto.luini@ieo.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gatti
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ballardini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zurrida
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Galimberti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Veronesi
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Vento
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Monti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Viale
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paganelli
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Veronesi
mesh_terms: D001365:Axilla; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy