Feasibility of using negative ultrasonography results of axillary lymph nodes to predict sentinel lymph node metastasis in breast cancer patients

Feasibility of using negative ultrasonography results of axillary lymph nodes to predict sentinel lymph node metastasis in breast cancer patients

Abstract Knowledge of the pathology of axillary lymph nodes (ALN) in breast cancer patients is critical for determining their treatment. Ultrasound is the best noninvasive evaluation for the ALN status. However, the correlation between negative ultrasound results and the sentinel lymph nodes (SLN) p...

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Main Authors: Xue Chen, Yingjian He, Jiwei Wang, Ling Huo, Zhaoqing Fan, Jinfeng Li, Yuntao Xie, Tianfeng Wang, Tao Ouyang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-07-01
Series:Cancer Medicine
Subjects:
axillary staging
breast cancer
receiver operating characteristic
sentinel lymph node biopsy
ultrasonography
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.1606

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https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.1606

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