A prospective comparative study of ultrasonography, contrast-enhanced MRI and 18F-FDG PET/CT for preoperative detection of axillary lymph node metastasis in breast cancer patients.

CONCLUSIONS: There is no single absolute modality for de tecting ALNMs in breast cancers to replace sentinel lymph node biopsy or axillary lymph node dissection. If ALNM is suspected based on PET/CT, axillary lymph node dissection without sentinel lymph node biopsy might be a better option because it is related to high possibilities of ALNM. KEY WORDS: Axillary lymph node metastasis, Magnetic resonance imaging, Ultrasonography, 18F-FDG PET/CT. PMID: 32213685 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Annali Italiani di Chirurgia - Category: Surgery Tags: Ann Ital Chir Source Type: research