Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Impact of sentinel lymph node mapping on relative charges in patients with early-stage breast cancer

Impact of sentinel lymph node mapping on relative charges in patients with early-stage breast cancer Background: The introduction of SLNB has allowed accurate staging in early-stage breast carcinomas and has minimized the number of unnecessary ALNDs. Intraoperative frozen-section analysis is a fundamental component of the sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) procedure. Some patients have positive nodes on frozen-section analysis and thus undergo a conventional axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) at the time of the SLNB. A few patients have negative nodes on frozen-section analysis but have subsequent evidence of metastases on final pathologic examination. The purpose of our study was 2-fold: to compare the hospital-related charges of patients undergoing staging by SLNB with those of patients undergoing conventional ALND and to assess whether the different outcomes associated with SLNB adversely affect the charges incurred with this procedure. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annals of Surgical Oncology Springer Journals

Impact of sentinel lymph node mapping on relative charges in patients with early-stage breast cancer

Loading next page...
 
/lp/springer-journals/impact-of-sentinel-lymph-node-mapping-on-relative-charges-in-patients-l0ySZ0XLBP

References (22)

Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2000 by The Society of Surgical Oncology, Inc
Subject
Medicine & Public Health; Surgical Oncology; Oncology; Surgery
ISSN
1068-9265
eISSN
1534-4681
DOI
10.1007/BF02725336
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Background: The introduction of SLNB has allowed accurate staging in early-stage breast carcinomas and has minimized the number of unnecessary ALNDs. Intraoperative frozen-section analysis is a fundamental component of the sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) procedure. Some patients have positive nodes on frozen-section analysis and thus undergo a conventional axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) at the time of the SLNB. A few patients have negative nodes on frozen-section analysis but have subsequent evidence of metastases on final pathologic examination. The purpose of our study was 2-fold: to compare the hospital-related charges of patients undergoing staging by SLNB with those of patients undergoing conventional ALND and to assess whether the different outcomes associated with SLNB adversely affect the charges incurred with this procedure.

Journal

Annals of Surgical OncologySpringer Journals

Published: Oct 16, 2007

There are no references for this article.