The Role of Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration of Axillary Nodes in the Staging of Breast Cancer
Jain A, Haisfield-Wolfe ME, Lange J, Ahuja N, Khouri N, Tsangaris T, Zhang Z, Balch C, Jacobs LK. The Role of Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration of Axillary Nodes in the Staging of Breast Cancer. Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2007, 15: 462-471. PMID: 17985188, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-007-9623-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUltrasound-guided fine-needle aspirationSentinel node dissectionAxillary node dissectionPreoperative ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspirationPositive predictive valuePrimary tumor featuresFine-needle aspirationAxillary nodesNode dissectionTumor featuresAbnormal axillary nodesBreast cancer patientsLymph node pathologyPrimary breast tumorsRole of ultrasoundSuspicious nodesNeoadjuvant chemotherapyNeoadjuvant therapyComplete responseDefinitive managementCancer patientsBreast cancerPredictive valueBreast tumorsUSFNA results