Prediction of macrometastasis in axillary lymph nodes of patients with invasive breast cancer and the utility of the SUV lymph node/tumor ratio using FDG-PET/CT

BACKGROUND: Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) is important for improving the prognosis of patients with node-positive breast cancer. However, ALND can be avoided in select micrometastatic cases, preventing complications such as lymphedema or paresthesia of the upper limb. To appropriately omit A...

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Autores principales: Futamura, Manabu, Asano, Takahiko, Kobayashi, Kazuhiro, Morimitsu, Kasumi, Nawa, Masahito, Kanematsu, Masako, Morikawa, Akemi, Mori, Ryutaro, Yoshida, Kazuhiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4336728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25885028
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12957-014-0424-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4336728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25885028
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12957-014-0424-2

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