Detection of axillary lymph node recurrence in patients with personal history of breast cancer treated with sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB): results of postoperative combined ultrasound and mammography screening over five consecutive years.

Abstract

BackgroundSentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has been accepted as the standard treatment for axillary evaluation for invasive breast cancer with a clinically negative axilla and the low rate of recu...