Publications by authors named "T Thorndike-Christ"
Background: We have investigated a method, the Kaufman axillary treatment scale (KATS), to help assign patients with a clinically negative axilla to one of three current options of axillary management: standard axillary dissection, sentinel node sampling followed by axillary dissection if the sentinel node is positive, or no axillary surgery at all. The KATS score uses preoperative data to guide the choice of axillary treatment.
Methods: The KATS score is calculated by adding the preoperative values of tumor size, patient age, and pathologic grade.