Utility of preoperative ultrasound for predicting pN2 or higher stage axillary lymph node involvement in patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 696-702

  Abe, Hiroyuki ^a   Schacht, David ^a   Sennett, Charlene A ^a   Newstead, Gillian M ^a   Schmidt, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lymph node; Staging; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME; ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; CARCINOMA; ECHOGRAPHY; LYMPH NODE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876032911     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.12.9036     Document Type: Article

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