Recently, omission of axillary lymph node dissection among patients with ... with early breast cancer and a negative axillary ultrasound to SLNB or no axillary surgery. In the SLNB arm, 13.7% ...

If your doctor can feel that the lymph nodes near the melanoma are swollen (enlarged), you usually have an ultrasound scan instead of a SLNB. They may take a sample of tissue (biopsy) from the lymph ...