Sentinel node mapping after previous surgical manipulation of the breast: comment on Marrazzo et al.
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To the Editor,
We read with great interest the article of Marrazzo et al in the recent issue of European Journal of Oncology on the accuracy of sentinel node mapping in patients with previous biopsy of the breast lesions. They reported 100% sentinel node detection rate and no axillary recurrence in the patients with previous surgical biopsy of the breast lesions and concluded that sentinel node mapping is safe in this group of patients (1). We totally agree with Marrazzo et al and in our opinion the bulk of evidence in the literature is concordant with their conclusion. Several studies also showed that
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