Is Pathologic Axillary Staging Valid If Lymph Nodes Are Less than 10 with Axillary Lymph Node Dissection after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy?
Hee Jun ChoiJai Min RyuJun Ho LeeYoonju BangJongwook OhByung-Joo ChaeSeok Jin NamSeok Won KimJeong Eon LeeSe Kyung LeeJonghan YuPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2022)
= 0.031) than ≥10 nodes group Conclusion: In ypN0 and ypN2 subgroups, breast cancer patients with less than 10 lymph nodes number in ALND after NAC might be considered for additional staging or closer surveillance when compared to patients with 10 or more than lymph node.