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Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -)

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01-06-2011 | Original Article

The value of axillary ultrasound with fine needle aspiration as a pre-operative staging procedure in breast cancer: Northern Irish experience

Authors: P. Davey, M. Stokes, R. Kennedy, S. Kirk, J. Newell, C. Majury, J. McKillen

Published in: Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -) | Issue 2/2011

Abstract

Introduction

In our unit sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is performed without intra-operative pathological nodal assessment. If node biopsies are positive the patients have to return at a later date for a complete axillary node clearance (ANC).

Methods

We conducted a retrospective study to ascertain if the use of pre-operative ultrasound assessment of the axilla with fine needle aspiration (FNA) sampling could identify patients with nodal metastases and therefore identify patients who should proceed primarily to ANC.

Results

Our study showed that 40 patients out of 119 had nodal metastases, and ultrasound correctly identified 19 of those patients.

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Title: The value of axillary ultrasound with fine needle aspiration as a pre-operative staging procedure in breast cancer: Northern Irish experience
Authors: P. Davey
M. Stokes
R. Kennedy
S. Kirk
J. Newell
C. Majury
J. McKillen
Publication date: 01-06-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -) / Issue 2/2011
Print ISSN: 0021-1265
Electronic ISSN: 1863-4362
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-011-0684-6

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