Surgical Techniques

Dissection Essential for Breast Cancer Patients with Positive Ultrasound-Guided Axillary Node Biopsy
In contradiction to a trend in treatment options, breast cancer patients with suspicious lymph nodes should have an ultrasound-guided axillary node biopsy, and if that biopsy is positive these patients should undergo an axillary dissection, a new study showed. More...28 May 2012

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