title: Sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer: a history and current clinical recommendations.
abstract: The advent of sentinel lymph node biopsy changed the way the surgical community treated breast cancer. It also reduced the post operative morbidity for millions of patients. Now that sentinel lymph node biopsy has become the mainstay of treatment, new clinical questions have arisen and continued research is being done to answer these questions. This report details a brief history of sentinel lymph node biopsy and how it was applied in the treatment a breast cancer. This report also includes a review of the current literature regarding unique clinical scenarios involving sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer including the ACOSOG Z011 trial.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Christiana Care Health System, MAP II, Suite 2121, 4745 Ogletown-Stanton Road, Newark, DE 19713, USA. 801139943@christianacare.org
authors.forename: Desiree D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: D'Angelo-Donovan
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dickson-Witmer
authors.forename: Nicholas J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Petrelli
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000266:history / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods