Strategy for the accurate preoperative evaluation of the number of metastatic axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer

Strategy for the accurate preoperative evaluation of the number of metastatic axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer

Summary: Background: After the ACOSOG Z0011 trial, it became important to evaluate the number of metastatic axillary lymph nodes (LNs) preoperatively. The purpose of this paper is to confirm whether the number of metastases can be accurately diagnosed by preoperative computed tomography (CT), ultra...

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Main Authors: Nao Imai, Mika Kitayama, Akiko Shibahara, Yuri Bessho, Mai Shibusawa, Aya Noro, Keiko Inakami, Noriko Hanamura, Hiroshi Imai, Tomoko Ogawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:Asian Journal of Surgery
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958417305717

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