Axillary lymphectomy in breast cancer.

Background: The aim of the study was to demonstrate the prognostic value of sentinel node biopsy compared to the sampling of clinically suspected nodes and lymphectomy of the 3 axillary levels. METHODS. From October 1996 to January 1999, 60 patients with breast cancer with a diameter of 4 cm or under using different procedures of axillary lymphadenectomy.

[Ambulatory surgical treatment for breast carcinoma].

Background: The aim of the study is to demonstrate the feasibility and the oncologic effectiveness of quadrantectomy plus sentinel node biopsy performed under local anesthesia, and to demonstrate the economic and psychologic advantages.

Methods: From October 1996 to March 2000, 71 patients affected with clinical T1 N0 breast cancer, underwent quadrantectomy or tumor resection plus sentinel node biopsy and clinically suspicion axillary nodes biopsy, under local anesthesia at the Casa di Cura "Villa Mafalda" in Rome.

Results: Twenty tumors were T1a, 26 T1b e 25 T1c.