Independent risk factors for axillary lymph node metastasis in breast cancer patients with one or two positive sentinel lymph nodes

Abstract Background The benefit of axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in breast cancer patients with one or two positive sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) remains inconclusive. The purpose of this study was to identify risk factors independently associated with axillary lymph node (ALN) metastasis. Met...

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Main Authors: Wei Zhang, Jing Xu, Ke Wang, Xiao-Jiang Tang, Hua Liang, Jian-Jun He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:BMC Women's Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12905-020-01004-7