Preoperative staging of the axilla in women with invasive breast cancer using ultrasound-
guided needle biopsy (UNB) identifies approximately 50% of patients with axillary nodal …

Sentinel node biopsy (SNB) has largely replaced axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) as
the standard-of-care for nodal staging in invasive breast cancer. Preoperative imaging …

Objective: Systematic evidence synthesis of ultrasound-guided needle biopsy (UNB) of
axillary nodes in breast cancer. Summary Background Data: Women affected by invasive …

BACKGROUND: Health care reform goals involve more cost-effective methods of delivering
health care. The cost-effectiveness of axillary ultrasound-guided core needle biopsy (AUS …

Background Recent studies have suggested that a significant proportion of patients with
axillary nodal metastases diagnosed by pre-operative axillary ultrasound (AUS)-guided …

Background ACOSOG Z11 and other studies showing little benefit to axillary dissection
(ALND) for early-stage breast cancers with limited nodal disease have led to questioning the …

Histologic confirmation of axillary nodal metastases preoperatively avoids a sentinel node
biopsy and enables a one step surgical procedure. The aim of this study was to establish the …

Purpose This meta-analysis was designed to evaluate the utility of preoperative axillary
ultrasound combined with US-guided lymph node biopsy if indicated (AUS±biopsy), in terms …

Background Pre-operative ultrasound-guided needle sampling (UNS) of abnormal axillary
lymph nodes in breast cancer can identify patients with axillary metastases and therefore …

Background Sonographic evaluation of the axilla can predict node status in a significant
proportion of clinically node-negative patients. This review focuses on the value of …