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Staging the axilla in women with breast cancer: the utility of preoperative ultrasound-guided needle biopsy

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 metastases prior to surgical intervention. Although moderately sensitive, it is a highly specific staging strategy that is...

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Autores principales: Houssami, Nehmat, Turner, Robin M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Chinese Anti-Cancer Association 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4069800/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25009748
http://dx.doi.org/10.7497/j.issn.2095-3941.2014.02.001