Progress of sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer

Abstract

Breast cancer is most common female malignant tumor all over world, and it seriously threats to women's health. As surgical treatment of breast cancer continuously develops to mode of the smallest and most effective, sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has emerged. SLNB can avoid axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) and reduce complications of ALND. In recent years, some clinical research results have showed that prognosis of sentinel lymph node (SLN) positive breast cancer patients who do not accept ALND can not be affected. The necessity of performing ALND for SLN positive breast cancer patients still needs to be investigated. Key words: Breast neoplasms; Sentinel lymph node biopsy; Surgical procedures, operative