De-Escalation of Axillary Surgery for Older Patients with Breast Cancer: Supporting Data Continue to Accumulate

Sydney M Record¹, Jennifer K Plichta^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
² Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA. jennifer.plichta@duke.edu.
³ Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. jennifer.plichta@duke.edu.
⁴ Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA. jennifer.plichta@duke.edu.

Editorial

Sydney M Record et al. Ann Surg Oncol. 2023 Jul.

. 2023 Jul;30(7):3882-3884.

doi: 10.1245/s10434-023-13299-5. Epub 2023 Feb 23.

Sydney M Record¹, Jennifer K Plichta^{2

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4}

¹ Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
² Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA. jennifer.plichta@duke.edu.
³ Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. jennifer.plichta@duke.edu.
⁴ Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA. jennifer.plichta@duke.edu.

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