Older women with DCIS gain no benefit from sentinel lymph node biopsy

[News]

Older women with a very early, non-invasive breast cancer known as ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) gain no long-term benefit from undergoing a sentinel lymph node biopsy to see if the cancer has spread, new research by the Yale School of Public Health has found.

More... (https://www.news-medical.net/news/20191024/Older-women-with-DCIS-gain-no-benefit-from-sentinel-lymph-node-biopsy.aspx)