Efficacy of US, MRI, and F-18 FDG-PET/CT for Detecting Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer Patients.
Umit TuranMurat AygunBerna Bozkurt DumanAygül Polat KelleYeliz CavusZeynel Abidin TasAhmet Baris DirimOktay IrkorucuPublished in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2021)
The results showed that US has the highest sensitivity and specificity for detecting ALN metastasis after NAC. Furthermore, ALND may be preferred for these patients instead of SLNB if both examinations simultaneously indicate lymph node metastasis in the post-NAC assessment with US and F-18 FDG-PET/CT. SLNB may be preferred if these two examinations simultaneously show a complete response.
Keyphrases
- lymph node metastasis
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- squamous cell carcinoma
- papillary thyroid
- lymph node
- locally advanced
- end stage renal disease
- sentinel lymph node
- transcription factor
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- magnetic resonance imaging
- peritoneal dialysis
- prognostic factors
- patient reported outcomes
- radiation therapy
- diffusion weighted imaging