유방암에서의 겨드랑이 림프절 수술

유종한¹^,^*

Axillary Surgery in Breast Cancer

Jonghan Yu¹^,^*

¹성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 유방외과

¹Breast Division, Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, School of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea

^*Corresponding Author : Jonghan Yu, MD, PhD, Breast Division, Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, School of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, 81, Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06351, Korea, Tel: +82-2-3410-1085, Fax: +82-2-3410-6982, E-mail: jonghanyu@gmail.com

ⓒ Copyright 2020 Korean Society of Lymphology and Lymphedema. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: Apr 29, 2020; Accepted: May 16, 2020

Published Online: May 30, 2020

Abatract

Axillary surgery in breast cancer is for staging as a prognostic tool and therapeutic intervention. However, axillary lymph node dissection can be the main cause of morbidity such as lymphedema. As a result, lymphedema makes the quality of life of survivors impaired. Recently, the extent of axillary surgery is de-escalated while maintaining the oncological safety and different techniques for localization of targeted lymph nodes have emerged. Currently, in breast cancer, surgery for axillary lymph nodes should be performed by appropriate methods based on the results of the previous studies according to the clinical condition of each patient.

Keywords: Axilla; Breast cancer; Lymphedema; Surgery