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As major advances are made in the management of early breast cancer, the role of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNBx) has been called into question. However, before abandoning SLNBx, a critical appraisal of its role should be done because we believe that it remains a critical component of care, especially when tailoring patient's adjuvant therapy. This commentary provides cogent arguments in favor of SLNBx in the management of patients with early breast cancer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An introduction is presented in which the editors discuss various topics within the issue including the triple-negative breast cancer, positive cancer cells and target specific therapy.