Efficacy of sentinel lymph-node biopsy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in clinically axilla node-negative patients.
Atilla ÇelikFikret ÇalıkoğluAhmet AkbaşGonul Kanıgur SultuybekAli MuhammedoğluPublished in: Surgery today (2024)
Axillary lymph-node dissection may not be necessary for patients with cNO confirmed by physical and radiological examination using positron emission tomography (PET) computed tomography (CT), and breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) after NACT, if ≥ three negative SLNB are removed. Further studies are needed to confirm our findings.
Keyphrases
- sentinel lymph node
- positron emission tomography
- computed tomography
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- lymph node
- magnetic resonance imaging
- contrast enhanced
- early stage
- locally advanced
- dual energy
- image quality
- end stage renal disease
- pet ct
- ejection fraction
- pet imaging
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- physical activity
- squamous cell carcinoma
- patient reported outcomes
- rectal cancer
- mental health
- radiation therapy
- ultrasound guided
- fine needle aspiration
- radical prostatectomy
- patient reported