Preoperative needle biopsy of sentinel lymph nodes using intradermal microbubbles and contrast-enhanced ultrasound in patients with breast cancer

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 465-470

  Sever, Ali R ^a   Mills, Philippa ^a   Weeks, Jennifer ^a   Jones, Susan E ^a   Fish, David ^a   Jones, Peter A ^a   Mali, Willem ^b  

^a MAIDSTONE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph node dissection; Breast cancer; Contrast enhanced ultrasound; Core biopsy; Fine needle aspiration cytology; Microbubble contrast agents; Preoperative staging; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

SONOVUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GRAY SCALE ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; MICROMETASTASIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MICROBUBBLES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 84864758495     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.11.7702     Document Type: Article

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