Surgeon Attitudes Toward the Omission of Axillary Dissection in Early Breast Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (ACOSOG) Z0011 study demonstrated the safety of sentinel node biopsy alone in clinically node-negative women with metastases in 1 or 2 sentinel nodes treated with breast conservation. Little is known about surgeon perspectives regarding when axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) can be omitted.

Objectives

To determine surgeon acceptance of ACOSOG Z0011 findings, identify characteristics associated with acceptance of ACOSOG Z0011 results, and examine the association between acceptance of the Society of Surgical Oncology and American Society for Radiation Oncology negative margin of no ink on tumor and surgeon preference for ALND.

Design, setting, and participants

A survey was sent to 488 surgeons treating a pop

SUBMITTER: Morrow M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6248076 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature