Dr. Gary Lyman, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (IMAGE)

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Dr. Gary Lyman, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

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New recommendations from breast cancer experts on sentinel lymph node biopsy reinforce the most recent "less-is-more" guidelines for early-stage disease. But according to Dr. Gary Lyman, a Fred Hutch researcher who helped create the guidelines, many surgeons still perform full lymph node dissection.

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