SABCS: Black Women Less Likely to Undergo Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy

By Dave Levitan | December 5, 2012

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A large cohort study found that black women with early-stage invasive breast cancer were significantly less likely than white patients to undergo the less invasive axillary sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy. Black women also had a higher rate of lymphedema, due largely to that difference in treatment modalities.
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Caution, read the full report before jumping to conclusion!
http://www.cancernetwork.com/conference-reports/sabcs2012/content/article/10165/2118097