Clinical Trial: Omission of Axillary Lymph Node Dissection in Case of Tumor Spread to Lymph Nodes in the Armpit in Breast Cancer

U.S., March 12 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT06869629) titled 'Omission of Axillary Lymph Node Dissection in Case of Tumor Spread to Lymph Nodes in the Armpit in Breast Cancer' on March 04.

Brief Summary: SENOMAC-ULTRA enrols patients with breast cancer that has spread to lymph nodes in the armpit, and that have been detected already prior to surgery by imaging, e.g. ultrasonography. In this situation, a full axillary lymph node dissection, removing more than 10 lymph nodes from the arm pit, is unnecessarily extensive in about half of the patients. More extensive surgery leads to a risk for arm lymphedema and functional problems with the arm and shoulder region, which should be avoided if not ...