Pretreatment axillary ultrasonography and core biopsy in patients with suspected breast cancer: Diagnostic accuracy and impact on management

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-72

  Garcia Ortega, Maria Jose ^a   Benito, Marina Alvarez ^a   Vahamonde, Elena Fuentes ^a   Torres, Pilar Rioja ^a   Velasco, Ana Benitez ^a   Paredes, Maria Martínez ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph node; Breast cancer; Core needle biopsy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; AXILLARY ULTRASONOGRAPHY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTECTOMY; MORPHOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 79955470438     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2009.12.011     Document Type: Article

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