| The status of axillary sentinel lymph node is one of the most imp ortant basis of breast cancer staging,it can predict the prognosis and gr eatly influence the treatment tactics.SLNB(Sentinel lymph node biops y)played the same role with ALND(axillary lymph node dissection)in accurate lymph node staging,and it can avoid high rates of ALND-ind uced complications such as lymphedema,paresthesia etc,thus it greatly i mproves patients’ quailty of life compared with ALND.ALND has bee n a standard treatment for breast cancer patients with positive SLN,but it also brings relevant morbidity,so many physicians are now considerin g its necessity in select patients and alternatives,one of the alternatives is radiotherapy.As an axillary regional treatment after mastectomy,radi otherapy has played an important part in local-regional control.This ar ticle is singling out latest relevant researches to review the impact of s entinel lymph node status on the strategies of postoperative radiotherap y treatment. |
