Surgery to Remove Sentinel Lymph Nodes With or Without Removing Lymph Nodes in the Armpit in Treating Women With Breast Cancer

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Breast Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: Removing the sentinel lymph nodes and examining them under a microscope may help plan more effective surgery for breast cancer. It is not yet known if surgery to remove the sentinel lymph nodes is more effective with or without removal of the lymph nodes in the armpit in treating breast cancer. PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of surgery to remove the sentinel lymph nodes with or without removal of lymph nodes in the armpit in treating women who have breast cancer.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00003830
Run by
NSABP Foundation Inc
People needed
5611
Starts
1999-05-01
Expected to finish
2014-02-01
Last updated by the study team
2017-12-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

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