Nine years of Experience with the Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in a Single Italian Center: A Retrospective Analysis of 1,050 Cases

Background This study aims to determine the prevalence and predictive factors for recurrence after sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) and for sentinel lymph node positivity by SLNB in our population. Methods We followed up all SLNBs performed between 2002 and 2010 and analyzed data by R (version2.10....

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Veröffentlicht in:	World journal of surgery 2012-04, Vol.36 (4), p.714-722
Hauptverfasser:	Bernardi, Sergio, Bertozzi, Serena, Londero, Ambrogio P., Giacomuzzi, Francesco, Angione, Vito, Dri, Cinzia, Carbone, Arnalda, Petri, Roberto
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abdominal Surgery Aged Axilla Axillary Recurrence Breast Neoplasms - epidemiology Breast Neoplasms - pathology Cardiac Surgery Female General Surgery Humans Italy Lymph Node Excision Lymph Nodes - pathology Lymphatic Metastasis Lymphovascular Invasion Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - epidemiology Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - pathology Prevalence Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Positivity Sentinel Node Surgery Thoracic Surgery Vascular Surgery
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Zusammenfassung:	Background This study aims to determine the prevalence and predictive factors for recurrence after sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) and for sentinel lymph node positivity by SLNB in our population. Methods We followed up all SLNBs performed between 2002 and 2010 and analyzed data by R (version2.10.1), considering p
ISSN:	0364-2313 1432-2323
DOI:	10.1007/s00268-011-1420-0