American College of Surgeons Operative Standards and Breast Cancer Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) operative standards were established to detail critical elements of cancer surgery, reduce technical variation, and improve outcomes. Two of the 6 operative standards target adequate axillary surgery for breast cancer. The potential association of the operative standards with short-term oncologic outcomes, such as nodal yield and nodal positivity rates, is currently unknown.

Objective

To evaluate the potential association of the ACS operative standards with short-term oncologic outcomes in breast cancer.

Design, setting, and participants

A cohort study was performed using data on 1 201 317 women 18 years or older who underwent sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) or axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) for invasive breas

SUBMITTER: Taylor CD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11579798 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature