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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 19.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2016 Aug;140(8):791–798. doi: 10.5858/arpa.2015-0140-RA

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Proposed management algorithm for patients with T1/T2 clinically node-negative (cN0; ie, no palpable axillary adenopathy on clinical examination) invasive breast carcinoma. Abbreviations: ALND, axillary lymph node dissection; BCS, breast-conserving surgery; ECE, extracapsular extension; FS, frozen section; pN1, macrometastatic disease; pN1mi, micrometastatic disease; RT, radiotherapy; SLN, sentinel lymph node; SLNB, sentinel lymph node biopsy. + and ★: Avoidance of axillary lymph node dissection may be considered. Some cases may require multidisciplinary team discussion.