Diagnostic performance of fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography combined with ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration cytology for identifying axillary lymph node status in patients with breast cancer

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-30

  Machida, Y ^a   Kubota, K ^a   Katayama, T ^a   Toriihara, A ^a   Shibuya, H ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axillary metastases; Breast cancer; Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography computed tomography; Ultrasonography guided fine needle aspiration cytology

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG UPTAKE; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PERFORMANCE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 84870903164     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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