Surgical Oncology

University of Wisconsin

Questions discussed in this category

Would you recommend axillary lymph node dissection in a pre-menopausal woman with ER+ PR+ HER2- IDC, s/p lumpectomy and SLN with pT1c pN1 cM0 disease, where 2 sentinel nodes are positive for macrometastasis and 1 SN is positive for micrometastasis?

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In patients with inflammatory bowel disease with low rectal cancer with planned proctocolectomy, would you consider creation of a pouch?

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Do you skip sentinel lymph node biopsy for women >70 years old with small (< 2cm) HR+ node-negative breast cancer?

Is this new SSO choosing widely guideline being widely adopted and are there any concerns regarding this for clinical practice?

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Papers discussed in this category

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2013-07-01

Lumpectomy plus tamoxifen with or without irradiation in women age 70 years or older with early breast cancer: long-term follow-up of CALGB 9343.

Annals of surgical oncology, 2011-01

Axillary dissection versus no axillary dissection in elderly patients with breast cancer and no palpable axillary nodes: results after 15 years of follow-up.

Annals of surgery, 2010-09

Locoregional recurrence after sentinel lymph node dissection with or without axillary dissection in patients with sentinel lymph node metastases: the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Z0011 randomized trial.

Journal of reconstructive microsurgery, 2022 Feb 14

National Outcomes of Prophylactic Lymphovenous Bypass during Axillary Lymph Node Dissection.

Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches, 2023 May 02

Prophylactic Lymphovenous Bypass at the Time of Axillary Lymph Node Dissection Decreases Rates of Lymphedema.

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