Selective vs Nonselective Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs and Anastomotic Leakage After Colorectal Surgery

Our patient population was largely positive for ER, but only 40% received hormonal therapy. Despite this, only 4% of patients experienced a breast cancer–related event. Not performing a sentinel node biopsy may avoid potentialmorbidity and should be reevaluated for patients 70 years of ageorolderwithclinicallynegativenodes.Patientswereunlikely to have treatment recommendations changed based on a sentinel node biopsy, and adjuvant therapy was less likely to be administered, regardless of nodal status. Patients in this subgroup were more likely to die of causes other than breast cancer,andnotperformingasentinelnodebiopsydidnotaffect survival.