Title: Pre-operative Assessment of Axilla in Sentinel Node Biopsy
Abstract: Background: Sentinel node biopsy (SNB) is the axillary staging procedure of choice in patients with node negative axilla. Careful patient selection is essential to reduce the risk of a second operation. Preoperative axillary ultrasound is beneficial but has associated false negativity. MR axilla is being tested as an additional tool but remains questionable. We aim to determine the prevalence of axillary nodal metastases in patients who had SNB. We also analyzed any correlation between prognostic tumour factors (size, type, grade, hormone status) obtained from preoperative core biopsy and axillary node status.
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-05-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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