The therapeutic role of axillary dissection in breast cancer is gradually abandoned. However, in some cases axillary dissection is still indicated, and this mandates expertise in planning the operation according to imaging, understanding of current methods of axillary marking, and expertise in performing a more radical resection. In this comment we describe cases of gross nodal disease that was left behind at the time of axillary dissection and was later noted on a radiation planning CT.
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