Enhanced pre-operative axillary staging using intradermal microbubbles and contrast-enhanced ultrasound to detect and biopsy sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer: A potential replacement for axillary surgery.

CONCLUSION: The identification and biopsy of SLN using CEUS is a reproducible technique. Advances in knowledge: In the era of axillary conservation, microbubble/ CEUS SLN core biopsy has the potential to succeed surgical staging of the axilla.
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Source: The British Journal of Radiology - November 10, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Cox K, Taylor-Phillips S, Sharma N, Weeks J, Mills P, Sever A, Lim A, Haigh I, Hashem M, D'Silva T, Satchithananda K, Tang M, Wallis M Tags: Br J Radiol Source Type: research