Axillary nodal yields: A comparison between primary clearance and completion clearance after sentinel lymph node biopsy in the management of breast cancer

A Chakravorty (1) , N Sanmugalingam (1) , A Shrestha (1) , E Thomee (1) , J Rusby (1) , N Roche (1) , F Macneill (1)

1 The Royal Marsden Hospital

Axillary nodal status is the most important prognostic indicator which in turn influences adjuvant therapy and long term outcomes. The aim of this study was to compare total nodal yields from primary axillary lymph node dissection (pALND) with completion ALND after a cancer positive SLNB: either concurrently (cALND) following intra-operative assessment (IOA) of the SLN's or as a delayed procedure (dALND) when the SLN was found to be cancer positive on post operative histological examination.

Mots clés: Sentinel node biopsy; Intra-operative assessment; Breast cancer; Nodal yield

A Chakravorty, N Sanmugalingam, A Shrestha, E Thomee, J Rusby, et al.. Axillary nodal yields: A comparison between primary clearance and completion clearance after sentinel lymph node biopsy in the management of breast cancer. EJSO - European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2011, 37 (2), pp.122. ⟨10.1016/j.ejso.2010.10.005⟩. ⟨hal-00663065⟩