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False-negative ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer patients.

Naoko IwamotoTomoyuki ArugaHidekazu AsamiShin-Ichiro Horiguchi
Published in: Cytopathology : official journal of the British Society for Clinical Cytology (2020)
The false-negative rate of FNAC was high (31.5%). Micrometastatic disease was seen in patients with negative FNAC, and this might be the cause of false-negative FNAC results.
Keyphrases
  • ultrasound guided
  • fine needle aspiration
  • lymph node
  • neoadjuvant chemotherapy
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • radiation therapy
  • early stage