The role of ultrasonography of the axilla and fine-needle aspiration cytology in breast cancer patients in the era of neo-adjuvant chemotherapy and axillary radiation; prevention of futile sentinel node procedures revisited

Eur J Surg Oncol. 2018 Jan;44(1):192-193. doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2017.11.017. Epub 2017 Nov 29.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Axilla
  • Biopsy, Fine-Needle / methods*
  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Breast Neoplasms / secondary
  • Breast Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lymph Nodes / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lymphatic Metastasis / diagnostic imaging
  • Neoadjuvant Therapy
  • Sentinel Lymph Node / diagnostic imaging*
  • Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy / statistics & numerical data*
  • Ultrasonography / methods*
  • Unnecessary Procedures / statistics & numerical data*