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Sentinel Node Biopsy After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Biopsy-Proven Node-Positive Breast Cancer: The SN FNAC Study.

An increasing proportion of patients (> 30%) with node-positive breast cancer will obtain an axillary pathologic complete response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). If sentinel node (SN) biopsy (SNB) is accurate in this setting, completion node dissection (CND) morbidity could be avoided.

Publication date
janvier 20, 2015
Principal Investigators
Boileau JF, Poirier B, Basik M, Holloway CM, Gaboury L, Sideris L, Meterissian S, Arnaout A, Brackstone M, McCready DR, Karp SE, Trop I, Lisbona A, Wright FC, Younan RJ, Provencher L, Patocskai E, Omeroglu A, Robidoux A
PubMed reference
J. Clin. Oncol. 2015;33(3):258-64
PubMed ID
25452445
Affiliation
Jean-Francois Boileau, Mark Basik, and Andre Lisbona, Montreal Jewish General Segal Cancer Centre, McGill University; Louis Gaboury, Isabelle Trop, Rami J. Younan, Erica Patocskai, and Andre Robidoux, Centre Hospitalier de l’Universite de Montreal; Lucas Sideris, Hopital Maisonneuve Rosemont, Universite de Montreal; Sarkis Meterissian and Atilla Omeroglu, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal; Brigitte Poirier and Louise Provencher, Hopital Saint-Sacrement, Universite Laval, Quebec City, Quebec; Claire M.B. Holloway and Frances C. Wright, Sunnybrook Odette Cancer Centre, University of Toronto; David R. McCready, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto; Angel Arnaout, Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Muriel Brackstone, London Regional Cancer Program, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada; and Stephen E. Karp, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA. jean-francois.boileau@mcgill.ca.