Sentinel lymph node assessment in breast cancer patients receiving neo-adjuvant chemotherapy: to biopsy before or after?

Mangesh A Thorat^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Cancer Prevention, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London.
² Breast Services, Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, Whittington Hospital, Magdala Avenue, London, N19 5NF.

Editorial

Mangesh A Thorat. Int J Cancer. 2016.

. 2016 Jan 15;138(2):267-70.

doi: 10.1002/ijc.29692. Epub 2015 Jul 30.

Mangesh A Thorat^{1

2}

¹ Centre for Cancer Prevention, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London.
² Breast Services, Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, Whittington Hospital, Magdala Avenue, London, N19 5NF.

No abstract available

Keywords: axillary lymph node dissection; breast cancer; false-negative; neo-adjuvant chemotherapy; sentinel node biopsy.

Comment on

Sentinel node biopsy performance after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced breast cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Mocellin S, Goldin E, Marchet A, Nitti D. Mocellin S, et al. Int J Cancer. 2016 Jan 15;138(2):472-80. doi: 10.1002/ijc.29644. Epub 2015 Jul 30. Int J Cancer. 2016. PMID: 26084763