In 2002/03, before the recommendations, 2% (n=332) of DCIS cases had axillary lymph node clearance; by 2006/07, after the ATR, the proportion of axillary clearance was zero but 22% (n=362) of the cases in that year had axillary lymph node sampling and SLNB accounted for 91 % of the 362 cases.
What does LNS stand for?
LNS stands for Lymph Node Sampling
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Prior to radiation therapy, all had undergone single lymph node sampling or axillary dissection; some had chemotherapy.
There were 66 complete lymphadenectomies, 30 lymph node samplings, and 4 debulking of enlarged nodes.
Pelvic and aortic lymph node sampling may or may not have been done, at the discretion of their surgeons.
9) Nevertheless, since at least some of these patients will require lymph node sampling as a result of this finding, it would be of value if patients at risk for invasion could be identified.