Application of sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer patients with clinically negative and positive axilla and role of axillary ultrasound examination to select patients for sentinel node biopsy

Kuru B., Gulcelik M. A., Topgul K., Ozaslan C., Dinc S., Dincer H., ...More

JOURNAL OF BUON, vol.16, no.3, pp.454-459, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 16 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF BUON
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.454-459
  • Keywords: axillary ultrasound, clinically negative axilla, clinically positive axilla, invasive breast cancer, methylene blue, sentinel lymph node biopsy, METHYLENE-BLUE DYE, LYMPH-NODE, CARCINOMA, DISSECTION, ULTRASONOGRAPHY, LOCALIZATION, ACCURACY, METAANALYSIS, TUMORS, TRIAL
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose: To evaluate the identification rate and the false-negative (FN) rate of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) using preoperative axillary ultrasound (AU) in patients with clinically negative and positive axilla and to prove that SLNB could also be performed in clinically axillary positive patients.