Axillary lymph node dissection in breast cancer patients: obsolete or still necessary?

• Gianluca Vanni,
• Marco Pellicciaro,
• Oreste Claudio Buonomo

Affiliations

Gianluca Vanni

Breast Unit Policlinico Tor Vergata, Department of Surgical Science, Tor Vergata University, Viale Oxford 81, 00133, Rome, RM, Italy; Corresponding author. Breast Unit, Department of Surgical Science, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Viale Montpellier 1, 00133, Rome, Italy.

Marco Pellicciaro

Breast Unit Policlinico Tor Vergata, Department of Surgical Science, Tor Vergata University, Viale Oxford 81, 00133, Rome, RM, Italy; PhD Program in Applied Medical-Surgical Sciences, Department of Surgical Science, Tor Vergata University, Rome, RM, Italy

Oreste Claudio Buonomo

Breast Unit Policlinico Tor Vergata, Department of Surgical Science, Tor Vergata University, Viale Oxford 81, 00133, Rome, RM, Italy; PhD Program in Applied Medical-Surgical Sciences, Department of Surgical Science, Tor Vergata University, Rome, RM, Italy; University of Basilicata, Via Nazario Sauro, 85, 85100, Potenza, PZ, Italy