title: Sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer: a work in progress.
abstract: The sentinel lymph node biopsy is a safe, accurate operation for the initial staging of breast cancer. Over the last decade, there has been increasing literature supporting its use, and it is now considered a standard of care for the initial evaluation of metastatic spread to the axillary lymph node chain.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Surgery and the Rena Rowan Breast Center, Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Abhishek
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Serniak
authors.forename: Brian J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Czerniecki
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy / Q000379:methods*