Skip to main content
Erschienen in: Breast Cancer Research 1/2015

Open Access 01.12.2015 | Poster presentation

Accuracy of axillary nodal ultrasound and ultrasound fine needle aspiration/core biopsy in the preoperative staging of patients with invasive breast cancer

verfasst von: William Cheung, Suzanne McLenachan, Gauripriya Babu, Melanie Smith

Erschienen in: Breast Cancer Research | Sonderheft 1/2015

Einloggen, um Zugang zu erhalten

Excerpt

Patients with invasive breast cancer undergo axillary ultrasound ± ultrasound fine needle aspiration (US-FNA)/core biopsy for preoperative staging depending on the ultrasound appearance. At our institution, abnormal axillary lymph node assessment includes: a cortical thickness >3 mm, focal or eccentric cortical thickening, nodal shape (spherical) and replaced appearance with loss of echogenic nodal hilum. Our aims were to evaluate the accuracy of preoperative US + US-FNA/core biopsy for detecting axillary metastatic disease. …
Metadaten
Titel
Accuracy of axillary nodal ultrasound and ultrasound fine needle aspiration/core biopsy in the preoperative staging of patients with invasive breast cancer
verfasst von
William Cheung
Suzanne McLenachan
Gauripriya Babu
Melanie Smith
Publikationsdatum
01.12.2015
Verlag
BioMed Central
Erschienen in
Breast Cancer Research / Ausgabe Sonderheft 1/2015
Elektronische ISSN: 1465-542X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/bcr3764

Weitere Artikel der Sonderheft 1/2015

Breast Cancer Research 1/2015 Zur Ausgabe

Update Onkologie

Bestellen Sie unseren Fach-Newsletter und bleiben Sie gut informiert.