Erschienen in:
01.04.2009 | Breast Oncology
Timing of Axillary Staging
verfasst von:
M. Catherine Lee, MD, Kandice E. Kilbride, MD
Erschienen in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Ausgabe 4/2009
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Excerpt
Optimal timing of axillary staging in patients with locally advanced breast cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy remains a contentious issue among surgical oncologists. Our group at the University of Michigan reported a comprehensive approach of staging the axilla prior to chemotherapy (CTX) using a combination of ultrasound, fine-needle aspiration biopsy, and sentinel lymph node biopsy.
1 The utility of these procedures, in our opinion, is threefold, and will be addressed below. …