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Couldn't find sentinel lymph node--failure to map

Breast Cancer | Last Active: May 15, 2023 | Replies (9)
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This article addresses various approaches to identifying sentinel lymph nodes and the training issues so it must not be extremely rare. I wonder if there's some way of identifying the node even after surgery and doing a needle biopsy?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5532881/

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kamra | @kamra | May 14, 2023

Thank you. One note at the end of the article says that failure to map is slightly more common in women over 65. I found more articles questioning whether sentinel node biopsy is necessary in women over 70 and maybe over 65. I'm 67. My doctor mentioned something about how in a year or two the thinking may shift away from sentinel node, at least for my age group.

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