Assessment of Ultrasound Features Predicting Axillary Nodal Metastasis in Breast Cancer: The Impact of Cortical Thickness

Purpose: To evaluate the accuracy of axillary ultrasound (AUS) in detecting nodal metastasis in patients with early-stage breast cancer and to identify AUS features with high predictive power. Materials and Methods: Prospective single-center preliminary study in 105 patients with a primary diagnosi...

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Main Authors: A. Stachs, A. Tra-Ha Thi, M. Dieterich, J. Stubert, S. Hartmann, Ä. Glass, T. Reimer, B. Gerber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2015-07-01
Series:Ultrasound International Open
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0035-1555872