Publications by authors named "Ran-Mei Wei"
Medicine (Baltimore)
July 2022
Article Synopsis
- Axillary lymph node dissection is commonly performed on breast cancer patients with a positive sentinel lymph node, but it may be unnecessary for some with negative non-sentinel lymph nodes.
- This study analyzed 456 early stage breast cancer patients to identify risk factors for non-sentinel lymph node metastasis among those with a positive sentinel lymph node.
- Key findings indicated that factors like tumor size over 2 cm, having 3 or more positive sentinel lymph nodes, a ratio of positive sentinel lymph nodes over 50%, and the presence of macrometastases are significant predictors of non-sentinel lymph node metastasis, potentially guiding surgical decisions to reduce overtreatment.
