Standards-of-service-provision-breast-cancer-patients-dec13

8.15 Surgeons performing sentinel lymph node biopsy are appropriately trained and experienced in the technique, and demonstrate an acceptable sentinel node identification rate. The RACS ‘Sentinel Node versus Axillary Clearance’ trial requirement for accreditation was a sentinel lymph node identification rate of 90 percent or greater in 20 ... ................
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