Trends in the pre-operative diagnosis and surgical management of axillary lymph node metastases in women with screen-detected breast cancer

CONCLUSION: Pre-operative confirmation of axillary lymph node metastasis by ultrasound-guided biopsy did not rise despite the increased use of CNB at the expense of less invasive FNAB. A significant reduction in ALND was observed through the years.PMID:37890215 | DOI:10.1016/j.breast.2023.103593

Source: Breast - October 27, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Lucien E M Duijm Luc J A Strobbe Vivian van Breest Smallenburg Clemence L Op de Coul-Froger Wikke Setz-Pels Willem Vreuls Hermen C van Beek Rob M G van Bommel Adri C Voogd Source Type: research