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ASO Author Reflections: Refining Risk Assessment in Node-Positive Breast Cancer Patients Eligible for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Alone

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  1. Breast Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Anita Mamtani MD & Monica Morrow MD

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Dr. Monica Morrow has received honoraria from Genomic Health. Anita Mamtani has nothing to disclose.

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ASO Author Reflections offer a brief invited commentary on the article, “Extranodal Tumor Deposits in the Axillary Fat Indicate the Need for Axillary Dissection Among T1-T2cN0 Patients With Positive Sentinel Nodes,” Ann Surg Oncol. (2020). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-020-08632-1.

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Mamtani, A., Morrow, M. ASO Author Reflections: Refining Risk Assessment in Node-Positive Breast Cancer Patients Eligible for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Alone. Ann Surg Oncol 27, 3593–3594 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-020-08634-z

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