Difference between revisions of "Breast cancer staging"
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==N stage== | ==N stage== | ||
Sampling usually selective, i.e. [[sentinel lymph nodes]] only. | Sampling usually selective, i.e. [[sentinel lymph nodes]] only. | ||
===Indications for lymph node sampling===<ref>URL: [http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/committees/cancer/cancer_protocols/2009/InvasiveBreast_09protocol.pdf http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/committees/cancer/cancer_protocols/2009/InvasiveBreast_09protocol.pdf]. Accessed on: 2 April 2012.</ref> | ===Indications for lymph node sampling=== | ||
Indications:<ref>URL: [http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/committees/cancer/cancer_protocols/2009/InvasiveBreast_09protocol.pdf http://www.cap.org/apps/docs/committees/cancer/cancer_protocols/2009/InvasiveBreast_09protocol.pdf]. Accessed on: 2 April 2012.</ref> | |||
*Extensive [[DCIS]]. | *Extensive [[DCIS]]. | ||
*Biopsy suspicious for invasion ''or'' with microinvasion. | *Biopsy suspicious for invasion ''or'' with microinvasion. | ||