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SLNB
- Criteria of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB):
- early breast cancer with clinically negative axillary lymph node.
- Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) is → recommended if SLN(+)
- for
- (1) clinically neg axillary exam or
- (2) after NAC in cN1 converted to cN0
- (ACOSOG Z1071, JAMA 2013;310(14):1455-1461)
- ACOSOG Z1071 (Alliance) clinical trial