Preoperative assessment of the axilla by surgeon performed ultrasound and cytology in patients with breast cancer.

CONCLUSION: Statistical measures of the US alone did not achieve a satisfactory value for excluding operative biopsy. US-negative and US-positive but cytology-negative cases still require SLNB for accurate evaluation of axillary status. On the other hand, US-guided positive cytology can obviate SLNB proceeding directly to ALND and avoiding frozen section of sentinel node(s). PMID: 25883707 [PubMed]
Source: Clinical Breast Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Tags: J Clin Med Res Source Type: research