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From: Partial axillary lymph node dissection inferior to the intercostobrachial nerves complements sentinel node biopsy in patients with clinically node-negative breast cancer

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Axillary Intervention in 289 Patients with Early Stage Breast Cancer. Illustration: Firstly, 475 patients with suspected malignant breast tumor by preoperative imaging were investigated and approached for consent to participate in the study at the Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University. Among them, 289 patients with clinically node-negative breast cancer were identified by intraoperative frozen instant histology and subsequently recruited in this study. Then, 289 patients underwent SLNB. 9 patients had failed SLNB who underwent PALND. 280 patients had successful SLNB, among whom 59 patients showed positive SLN and underwent ALND; 221 patients showed negative SLN, 149 of them chose PALND and 72 of them opted for no axillary intervention (end)

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