title: Repeat operative sentinel lymph node biopsy.
abstract: Because sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy continues to be used for staging in patients with breast cancer, physicians treating these patients will be faced with in-breast recurrences and new primary breast cancers in the treated breast. Repeat operative SLN biopsy might be feasible in this clinical scenario. This report describes the case of a patient with an ipsilateral different-site, recurrent, infiltrating ductal carcinoma 14 months after lumpectomy; negative SLN biopsy result; and radiation therapy, now with a positive SLN biopsy result.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery , Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Benjamin M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schuchter
authors.forename: Geza
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Acs
authors.forename: Brian J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Czerniecki
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy