Beyond breast conservation: is it time to rethink sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients undergoing mastectomy?
Cicero Urban · 2026
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Cicero Urban comments on the shrinking role of armpit surgery in breast cancer care in a 2026 editorial. Over three decades, care moved from removing all armpit nodes to sampling just the sentinel node, and now toward skipping armpit surgery for some patients. Better drugs and tumor knowledge drove the shift.
Trials have shown that patients having breast-saving surgery can safely skip node sampling when scans show no spread and the tumor type is favorable. Whether the same holds for patients having full breast removal is unanswered. Urban discusses a study asking a practical question: would hidden node disease change the drug or radiation plan after mastectomy?
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Cicero Urban |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 5 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |