Introduction
breast cancer
ONCOLOGY, BREAST CANCER
Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) has always been part of breast cancer (BC) treatmentEfforts to limit redundant axillary surgical management have been ongoing over the last decade. The American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (ACOSOG) Z0011 trial randomized 891 women with cN0 BC and up to two positive SLNs detected after breast-conserving surgery (BCS) to either ALND or observation