Can We Identify or Exclude Extensive Axillary Nodal Involvement in Breast Cancer Patients Preoperatively?

Prediction of high nodal burden with ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in clinically node-negative breast cancer patients

(2019) Won Hwa Kim et al.   CANCER IMAGING

Evaluation of axillary lymph node metastasis burden by preoperative ultrasound in early-stage breast cancer with needle biopsy-proven metastasis

(2019) X. Wang et al.   Clinical & Translational Oncology

Population-based study of the sensitivity of axillary ultrasound imaging in the preoperative staging of node-positive invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast

(2018) E. Morrow et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Does preoperative axillary staging lead to overtreatment of women with screen-detected breast cancer?

(2018) M.G. Wallis et al.   CLINICAL RADIOLOGY

Preoperative predictors of high and low axillary nodal burden in Z0011 eligible breast cancer patients with a positive lymph node needle biopsy result

(2018) Geok Hoon Lim et al.   EJSO

The impact of axillary ultrasound with biopsy in overtreatment of early breast cancer

(2018) Javier del Riego et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY

Preoperative assessment of axillary lymph node status in breast cancer patients by ultrasonography combined with mammography

(2018) Qun Liu et al.   MEDICINE

Can We Skip Intraoperative Evaluation of Sentinel Lymph Nodes? Nomogram Predicting Involvement of Three or More Axillary Lymph Nodes before Breast Cancer Surgery

(2017) Soo Kyung Ahn et al.   Cancer Research and Treatment

Axillary ultrasound and Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology in the preoperative staging of axillary node metastasis in breast cancer patients

(2016) Marco Gipponi et al.   BREAST

Is ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology of adequate value in detecting breast cancer patients with three or more positive axillary lymph nodes?

(2016) G. M. Kramer et al.   BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT

Role of axillary ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy in the preoperative triage of breast cancer patients

(2016) I. Barco et al.   Clinical & Translational Oncology

Routine use of standard breast MRI compared to axillary ultrasound for differentiating between no, limited and advanced axillary nodal disease in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients

(2016) T.J.A. van Nijnatten et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY

Preoperative axillary lymph node evaluation in breast cancer patients by breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): Can breast MRI exclude advanced nodal disease?

(2016) Su Jeong Hyun et al.   EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY

Postmastectomy Radiotherapy: An American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society for Radiation Oncology, and Society of Surgical Oncology Focused Guideline Update

(2016) Abram Recht et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY

Axillary Staging of Early-Stage Invasive Breast Cancer by Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology

(2016) Ying Zhu et al.   JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE

The roles of 18F-FDG-PET/CT and US-guided FNAC in assessment of axillary nodal metastases in breast cancer patients

(2016) Yasuharu Nakano et al.   Breast Cancer

Temporal Trends in Postmastectomy Radiation Therapy and Breast Reconstruction Associated With Changes in National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines

(2016) Lane L. Frasier et al.   JAMA Oncology

Normal Axillary Ultrasound Excludes Heavy Nodal Disease Burden in Patients with Breast Cancer

(2015) Rubie Sue Jackson et al.   ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY

Does a Positive Axillary Lymph Node Needle Biopsy Result Predict the Need for an Axillary Lymph Node Dissection in Clinically Node-Negative Breast Cancer Patients in the ACOSOG Z0011 Era?

(2015) Melissa Pilewskie et al.   ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY

The Z0011 Trial: Is this the end of axillary ultrasound in the pre-operative assessment of breast cancer patients?

(2015) T. P. J. Farrell et al.   EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY

Sensitivity, Specificity and Accuracy of Ultrasound in Diagnosis of Breast Cancer Metastasis to the Axillary Lymph Nodes in Chinese Patients

(2015) Yan-Na Zhang et al.   ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY

Axillary Ultrasonography in Breast Cancer Patients Helps in Identifying Patients Preoperatively with Limited Disease of the Axilla

(2014) A. M. Moorman et al.   ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY

Predicting the Extent of Nodal Disease in Early-Stage Breast Cancer

(2014) Abigail S. Caudle et al.   ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY

Meta-analysis of ultrasound-guided biopsy of suspicious axillary lymph nodes in the selection of patients with extensive axillary tumour burden in breast cancer

(2014) B. J. van Wely et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY

Utility of Preoperative Ultrasound for Predicting pN2 or Higher Stage Axillary Lymph Node Involvement in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer

(2013) Hiroyuki Abe et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY

The Efficacy of Axillary Ultrasound in the Detection of Nodal Metastasis in Breast Cancer

(2013) Belinda Lee et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ROENTGENOLOGY

Pre-operative staging of the axilla in primary breast cancer. By redefining the abnormal appearing node can we reduce investigations without affecting overall treatment?

(2013) S.J. Amonkar et al.   BREAST

Axillary ultrasound for preoperative nodal staging in breast cancer patients: Is it of added value?

(2013) R.J. Schipper et al.   BREAST

Pre-chemotherapy 18F-FDG PET/CT upstages nodal stage in stage II–III breast cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy

(2013) Bas B. Koolen et al.   BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT

Ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration of suspicious nodes in breast cancer patients; selecting patients with extensive nodal involvement

(2013) B. J. van Wely et al.   BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT

The Comparative Study of Ultrasonography, Contrast-Enhanced MRI, and18F-FDG PET/CT for Detecting Axillary Lymph Node Metastasis in T1 Breast Cancer

(2013) Seung Ook Hwang et al.   Journal of Breast Cancer

Axillary dissection versus no axillary dissection in patients with sentinel-node micrometastases (IBCSG 23–01): a phase 3 randomised controlled trial

(2013) Viviana Galimberti et al.   LANCET ONCOLOGY

Preoperative axillary imaging with percutaneous lymph node biopsy is valuable in the contemporary management of patients with breast cancer

(2013) Tina J. Hieken et al.   SURGERY

Complete Axillary Lymph Node Dissection Versus Clinical Follow-up in Breast Cancer Patients with Sentinel Node Micrometastasis: Final Results from the Multicenter Clinical Trial AATRM 048/13/2000

(2012) Montserrat Solá et al.   ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY

Abandoning sentinel lymph node biopsy in early breast cancer? A new trial in progress at the European Institute of Oncology of Milan (SOUND: Sentinel node vs Observation after axillary UltraSouND)

(2012) Oreste Gentilini et al.   BREAST

Axillary Dissection vs No Axillary Dissection in Women With Invasive Breast Cancer and Sentinel Node Metastasis

(2011) Armando E. Giuliano   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Number of Axillary Lymph Node Metastases Determined by Preoperative Ultrasound is Related to Prognosis in Patients with Breast Cancer

(2010) Yuko Kijima et al.   Cancers

Diagnostic value of full-dose FDG PET/CT for axillary lymph node staging in breast cancer patients

(2009) Till A. Heusner et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING

Preoperative Staging of Large Primary Breast Cancer With [18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography Compared With Conventional Imaging Procedures

(2008) David Fuster et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY