CLINICOPATHOLOGICAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH POSITIVE PREOPERATIVE AXILLARY ULTRASOUND SCANNING IN BREAST CANCER PATIENTS
Background: Axillary lymph node status is the most important breast cancer prognostic factor. Preoperative axillary ultrasound examination (PAUS) is used to triage patients for sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) or axillary lymph node dissection (ALND). We assessed the detection rate of lymph node me...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Bulgarian Association of Young Surgeons
2016-01-01
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Series: | International Journal of Surgery and Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.scopemed.org/fulltextpdf.php?mno=208901 |