Number of Axillary Lymph Node Metastases Determined by Preoperative Ultrasound is Related to Prognosis in Patients with Breast Cancer

Objective: To analyze the impact on prognosis of the number of axillary lymph node metastases (LNM) detected by ultrasound (US) in patients with breast cancer. Methods: One-to-one comparison of LNM was performed between the ultrasound and histologic diagnosis in 380 patients. Results: The accuracy o...

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Autores principales: Kijima, Yuko, Yoshinaka, Heiji, Hirata, Munetsugu, Mizoguchi, Tadao, Ishigami, Sumiya, Nakajo, Akihiro, Arima, Hideo, Ueno, Shinichi, Natsugoe, Shoji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Molecular Diversity Preservation International 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3827588/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24281030
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers2010020
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Sumario:Objective: To analyze the impact on prognosis of the number of axillary lymph node metastases (LNM) detected by ultrasound (US) in patients with breast cancer. Methods: One-to-one comparison of LNM was performed between the ultrasound and histologic diagnosis in 380 patients. Results: The accuracy of preoperative ultrasound diagnosis was 79.7%. According to the subdivision of number of LNM (0, 1–3, 4–9, 10+), the accuracy rates associated with LNM were 82%, 49%, 34%, and 86%, respectively. The disease-free-survival curves according to the number of LNM were similar in them. Conclusion: Preoperative ultrasound can determine axillary involvement and may be useful for predicting prognosis.

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