Publications by authors named "Inge Scheel Andersen"
Purpose: To explore treatment-related, socio-economic, and psychological factors influencing body image and return to work.
Materials And Methods: 137 patients participated in the study. A questionnaire was completed before surgery and at 1-year follow-up, where patients were also interviewed in person with questions modified from the Body Image Scale and the sexual adjustment scale as well as questions about their work status.
Article Synopsis
- A noninferiority trial was conducted to assess if omitting completion axillary-lymph-node dissection is as effective as performing it in patients with clinically node-negative breast cancer and sentinel-lymph-node metastases.
- A total of 2,766 patients were enrolled, with 1,335 assigned to sentinel-node biopsy only and 1,205 to the dissection group, with a median follow-up of 46.8 months.
- The results showed a 5-year recurrence-free survival rate of 89.7% for the sentinel-node biopsy-only group, suggesting that this approach may not significantly compromise patient outcomes compared to the traditional method.