Onkológia 2/2009
Micrometastases in sentinel node of breast carcinoma
The presence and absence of regional lymph node metastases has been one of the most important determining factors in recommending adjuvant chemotherapy for patients with breast carcinema. Metastases, which are not detected make worse survival. It is still not clear if axillar dissection improve survival rate of patients with breast carcinoma. Sentinel nodes are more extensively examined by pathologist and this reduce risk of undetecting of axillar node metastases and increase identification of micrometastases which have important clinical relevance.
Keywords: breast carcinoma, axillar dissection, sentinel biopsy, micrometastases
