Proceedings of the consensus conference on the role of sentinel lymph node biopsy in carcinoma of the breast April 19 to 22, 2001, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Gordon F Schwartz; Armando E Giuliano; Umberto Veronesi; Consensus Conference Committee

doi:10.1053/hupa.2002.124117

Proceedings of the consensus conference on the role of sentinel lymph node biopsy in carcinoma of the breast April 19 to 22, 2001, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Hum Pathol. 2002 Jun;33(6):579-89. doi: 10.1053/hupa.2002.124117.

Authors

Gordon F Schwartz¹, Armando E Giuliano, Umberto Veronesi; Consensus Conference Committee

Affiliation

¹ Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.

PMID: 12152156
DOI: 10.1053/hupa.2002.124117

Abstract

A consensus conference on the role of sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer was held in Philadelphia in April 2001. The participants included many highly respected American and European investigators in this area. This report summarizes the deliberations of the group and promotes its current guidelines for the integration of this new technique into contemporary clinical practice.

Publication types

Congress
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
Disease Progression
Female
Humans
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy / standards
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy / trends*