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J Am Coll Surg. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2017 February 01. Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Surg. 2016 February ; 222(2): 138–145. doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.11.013.
Is Preoperative Axillary Imaging Beneficial in Identifying Clinically Node-Negative Patients Requiring Axillary Lymph Node Dissection?
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Melissa Pilewskie, MD, Maxine S. Jochelson, MD, Jessica C. Gooch, MD, Sujata Patil, PhD, Michelle Stempel, MPH, and Monica Morrow, MD, FACS Breast Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (Pilewskie, Gooch, Stempel, Morrow), the Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (Jochelson), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (Patil), New York, NY
Abstract Background—ACOSOG Z0011 results support the omission of axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in women with
J Am Coll Surg. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2017 February 01. Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Surg. 2016 February ; 222(2): 138–145. doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.11.013.
Is Preoperative Axillary Imaging Beneficial in Identifying Clinically Node-Negative Patients Requiring Axillary Lymph Node Dissection?
Author Manuscript
Melissa Pilewskie, MD, Maxine S. Jochelson, MD, Jessica C. Gooch, MD, Sujata Patil, PhD, Michelle Stempel, MPH, and Monica Morrow, MD, FACS Breast Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (Pilewskie, Gooch, Stempel, Morrow), the Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (Jochelson), and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (Patil), New York, NY
Abstract Background—ACOSOG Z0011 results support the omission of axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in women with
