WHO IS A CANDIDATE FOR SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY?
Women with a biopsy-proven invasive breast cancer should consider SLND as an alternative to a traditional ALND. Remember that non-invasive or in situ carcinomas seldom require ANY dissection of the axillary nodes since non-invasive cancers by their very definition have not invaded the spaces around the mammary duct and therefore lack access to the rest of the body.
