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Published in: Breast Cancer Research 2/2009

01-10-2009 | Poster presentation

Negative axillary ultrasound in primary breast cancer: how reassured should we really be?

Authors: SJ Hall, SE Brown, GJR Porter, J Steel, K Paisley, RM Watkins, C Holgate

Published in: Breast Cancer Research | Special Issue 2/2009

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Axillary ultrasound has become an important adjunct in the staging of breast cancer in recent years. We retrospectively studied a sample of 155 women with invasive breast cancer and normal axillary ultrasound to investigate whether the characteristics of the primary tumour could predict the likelihood of false negative axillary ultrasound. …
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Title
Negative axillary ultrasound in primary breast cancer: how reassured should we really be?
Authors
SJ Hall
SE Brown
GJR Porter
J Steel
K Paisley
RM Watkins
C Holgate
Publication date
01-10-2009
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Breast Cancer Research / Issue Special Issue 2/2009
Electronic ISSN: 1465-542X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/bcr2390

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