OBJECTIVES: To report our experience in sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in early @entity0 .   METHODS: This is a retrospective study conducted at King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between January 2005 and December 2014. There were 120 @entity1 who underwent SLNB with frozen section examination. Data collected included the characteristics of @entity1 , index @entity5 , and sentinel node (SN), SLNB results, axillary recurrence rate and SLNB morbidity.     RESULTS: There were 120 @entity1 who had 123 @entity5 . Sentinel node was identified in 117 @entity1 having 120 @entity5 (97.6% success rate). No SN was found intraoperatively in 3 @entity1 . Frozen section results showed that 95 @entity1 were SN negative, those @entity1 had no immediate @entity1600 ( @entity1600 ), whereas 25 @entity1 were SN positive and subsequently had immediate @entity1600 . Upon further examination of the 95 negative SN's by @entity1710 and   @entity1711 (H and E) and immunohistochemical staining for doubtful H and E cases, 10 turned out to have micrometastases (6 had delayed @entity1600 and 4 had no further axillary surgery). Median follow up of @entity1 was 35.5 months and the mean was 38.8 months. There was one axillary recurrence observed in the SN negative group. The morbidity of SLNB was minimal.   CONCLUSION: The obtainable results from our local experience in SLNB in @entity0 , concur with that seen in published similar literature in particular the axillary failure rate. Sentinel lymph node biopsy resulted in minimal morbidity.

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@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity0 :: ('MESH:D001943', 'Disease') :: ['breast cancer'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['tumor', 'cancers', 'tumors'] @entity1711 :: ('MESH:D004801', 'Chemical') :: ['eosin'] @entity1600 :: ('MESH:D014388', 'Disease') :: ['axillary lymph node dissection', 'ALND'] @entity1710 :: ('MESH:D006416', 'Chemical') :: ['hematoxylin']
@entity0 :: (MESH:D001943,Disease) :: ['breast cancer']
