Selected article for: "breast cancer and infectious disease"

Author: Ko, Gary; Hota, Susy; Cil, Tulin D.
Title: COVID-19 vaccination and breast cancer surgery timing
  • Cord-id: 7m9920ew
  • Document date: 2021_6_22
  • ID: 7m9920ew
    Snippet: There have been recent reports in the breast imaging literature of unilateral axillary lymphadenopathy following COVID-19 vaccination. It is unclear whether the reactive lymphadenopathy may impact the sentinel lymph node biopsy procedure. In this article, we provide guidelines regarding the timing of the COVID-19 vaccine and breast cancer surgery which were formulated after a review of the available literature and in consultation with infectious disease specialists.
    Document: There have been recent reports in the breast imaging literature of unilateral axillary lymphadenopathy following COVID-19 vaccination. It is unclear whether the reactive lymphadenopathy may impact the sentinel lymph node biopsy procedure. In this article, we provide guidelines regarding the timing of the COVID-19 vaccine and breast cancer surgery which were formulated after a review of the available literature and in consultation with infectious disease specialists.

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