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2023 Jan


EClinicalMedicine


55

Patient-reported outcomes for the Intergroup Sentinel Mamma study (INSEMA): A randomised trial with persistent impact of axillary surgery on arm and breast symptoms in patients with early breast cancer.

Authors

Reimer T, Stachs A, Veselinovic K, Polata S, Müller T, Kühn T, Heil J, Ataseven B, Reitsamer R, Hildebrandt G, Knauer M, Golatta M, Stefek A, Zahm D-M, Thill M, Nekljudova V, Krug D, Loibl S, Gerber B
EClinicalMedicine. 2023 Jan; 55:101756.
PMID: 36457648.

Abstract

In clinically node-negative breast cancer patients, the INSEMA trial (NCT02466737) assessed the non-inferiority of avoiding sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) or axillary lymph node dissection (ALND). Here we present patient-reported outcomes (PROs) as a secondary endpoint.