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- Title
Surgeons "Vote With Their Feet" for Sentinel Node Biopsy for Breast Cancer Staging.
- Authors
Hampton, Tracy
- Abstract
Looks at the sentinel node biopsy which is being used for staging breast cancer despite the fact that clinical trials to test its validity are still years from completion. Reasons for the procedures popularity; Accuracy studies in hospitals which find the predictability acceptable; Question if surgeons should wait for the results of the full trials; Comments from experts on the doctor's decisions to go with this method; Lack of long-term survival data; Importance of the experience of the surgical team in performing the procedure.
- Subjects
BREAST cancer diagnosis; BIOPSY; CLINICAL trials; MEDICAL experimentation on humans; MEDICAL research; PHYSICIANS; SURGEONS -- Attitudes
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2003, Vol 290, Issue 23, p3053
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1001/jama.290.23.3053