Sentinel-lymph-node biopsy in patients with breast cancer before and after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (SENTINA): a prospective, multicentre cohort study.

  • Thorsten Kuehn
  • Ingo Bauerfeind
  • Tanja Fehm
  • Barbara Fleige
  • Maik Hausschild
  • Gisela Helms
  • Annette Lebeau
  • Cornelia Liedtke
  • Gunter von Minckwitz
  • Valentina Nekljudova
  • Sabine Schmatloch
  • Peter Schrenk
  • Annette Staebler
  • Michael Untch

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Abstract

The optimum timing of sentinel-lymph-node biopsy for breast cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy is uncertain. The SENTINA (SENTinel NeoAdjuvant) study was designed to evaluate a specific algorithm for timing of a standardised sentinel-lymph-node biopsy procedure in patients who undergo neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number7
ISSN1470-2045
Publication statusPublished - 2013
pubmed 23683750