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Following mastectomy with a SNB and single positive axillary lymph node, would you refer a patient back for an axillary dissection if she has borderline indications for PMRT?

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For macromets:

If there is no indication for PMRT, then patients are referred back for ALND. That being said, there are patients who decline ALND because of lymphedema and in these patients do perform PMRT with RNI in lieu of ALND .

For micromets:

No additional axillary intervention and no addition...

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