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Nodal management of breast cancer patients treated with surgery as the first intervention who underwent SLND between January 1994 and December 2009 and had positive SLNs. ALND, axillary lymph node dissection; BCT, breast-conserving therapy; FS, frozen section; H&E, hematoxylin and eosin; IHC, immunohistochemistry; SLN, sentinel lymph node; SLND, sentinel lymph node dissection; TM, total mastectomy; TP, touch preparation.
