Encapsulated papillary carcinoma of the breast clinicopathological features and management: Could sentinel lymph node biopsy be exempted?

The overall prognosis and long-term survival of patients with EPC were excellent. Our study and the current literature indicate that routine SLNB is overtreatment because surgical excision with negative margins is sufficient in EPC cases and lymph node metastasis is rare, even with an invasive component.