PDF hosted at the Radboud Repository of the Radboud University Nijmegen The following full text is a postprint version which may differ from the publisher's version. For additional information about this publication click this link. http://hdl.handle.net/2066/118739 Please be advised that this information was generated on 2021-09-27 and may be subject to change. “Long-term follow up of axillary recurrences after negative Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; effect on prognosis and survival” Running head: Axillary recurrences after negative SLNB J.P. Bulte, MD dep. of Surgery, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen and Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen the Netherlands
[email protected] B.J. van Wely, MD dep. of Surgery, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
[email protected] S. Kasper, BSc dep of Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen the Netherlands
[email protected] G. Kuijt, MD dep of Surgery, Maxima Medical Centre, Veldhoven the Netherlands
[email protected] F.J.H. van den Wildenberg, MD dep. of Surgery, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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[email protected] Corresponding author J.P. Bulte Department of Surgery, Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, the Netherlands Weg door jonkerbos 100, 6532SB Nijmegen, the Netherlands Telephone 0031 24 3658720 fax 0031 24 3658725 Keywords: Breast cancer, Sentinel lymph node biopsy, Axillary recurrence, prognosis 1 Abstract Background: As axillary recurrence (AR) after a negative sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is rare, the prognosis of these patients is unknown.