The Landmark Series: Axillary Management in Breast Cancer.

Fisher, Carla S; Margenthaler, Julie A; Hunt, Kelly K; Schwartz, Theresa · Ann Surg Oncol · 2020

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Abstract

The evolution in axillary management for patients with breast cancer has resulted in multiple dramatic changes over the past several decades. The end result has been an overall deescalation of surgery in the axilla. Landmark trials that have formed the basis for the current treatment guidelines are reviewed herein.

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