Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy and Isolated Tumor Cells in Invasive Lobular Versus Ductal Breast Cancer

摘要

Sentinel lymph node biopsy is the standard of care for axillary staging in invasive breast cancer. With the introduction of sentinel lymph node biopsy and the renewed 2002 TNM classification, patients with invasive lobular carcinoma have been more frequently diagnosed with isolated tumor cells than have patients with invasive ductal carcinoma.