How much does axillary ultrasound contribute in women undergoing breast-conserving surgery with no palpable axillary nodes?
Tamara C PredaRachel McGrathJanne BinghamAlexandra FawcettChloe O'DeaMelissa BochnerPeter Grantley GillJames KolliasPublished in: ANZ journal of surgery (2020)
AxUS identifies patients with high nodal burdens justifying immediate ALND. AxUS did not adversely affect women with histologically negative sentinel nodes. Three percent may have been overtreated.
Keyphrases
- sentinel lymph node
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- lymph node
- minimally invasive
- locally advanced
- coronary artery bypass
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- early stage
- magnetic resonance imaging
- genome wide
- pregnancy outcomes
- ultrasound guided
- squamous cell carcinoma
- rectal cancer
- cervical cancer screening
- breast cancer risk
- type diabetes
- radiation therapy
- dna methylation
- contrast enhanced ultrasound
- acute coronary syndrome
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- early breast cancer