Mary Ann G Sanders
University of Louisville, USA
Title: Decline in frozen section diagnosis of sentinel lymph nodes for breast cancer as a result of the ACOSOG Z0011 trial
Biography
Biography: Mary Ann G Sanders
Abstract
Results of the multicenter American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (ACOSOG) Z0011 trial published in 2011 showed that patients with early-stage breast cancer and limited sentinel lymph node (SLN) metastasis treated with breast conserving surgery and systemic therapy did not benefit from axillary lymph node dissection (ALND). The Z0011 trial was practice changing for the surgical management of breast cancer, and in turn, has proven to be equally impactful on the pathologic diagnosis of SLNBs. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the impact of the Z0011 trial on intraoperative frozen section diagnosis of SLNBs.