Thematic trends and knowledge structure map of sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer: a bibliometric analysis from 2010 to 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breast cancer is the leading cancer-related deaths among women. Although great progress has been made in clinical surgical treatment, it is still urgently needed to look for a treatment model with smaller wounds, lower damage, and a better prognosis. Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is a minimally invasive technique for breast cancer treatment, which can correctly assess the patients' condition, prognosis, and treatment response.

Methods

We performed a PubMed-based bibliometric analysis to investigate publication trends of SLNB in breast cancer and determined the annual distribution of annual publication numbers, countries, authors, languages, journals, and high-frequency major Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) terms.

Results

The results showed that the lite

SUBMITTER: Huo Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9552069 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature