Less Invasive Surgery Detects Residual Breast Cancer in Lymph Nodes after Chemotherapy
Wednesday, December 5, 2012 - 11:00
in Health & Medicine
A study conducted through the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group and led by Judy Boughey, M.D. a breast surgeon at Mayo Clinic shows that a less invasive procedure known as sentinel lymph node surgery successfully identified whether cancer remained in lymph nodes in 91 percent of patients with node-positive breast cancer who received chemotherapy before their surgery.