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Detection of axillary metastases in breast cancer patients using ultrasound and colour Doppler combined with fine needle aspiration cytology
dc.contributor.author | Lemos, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Dias, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Gonçalo, Manuela | |
dc.contributor.author | Pinto, E | |
dc.contributor.author | Fernandes, G | |
dc.contributor.author | Oliveira, CF | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-11-25T16:28:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2008-11-25T16:28:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
dc.description.abstract | The aims of this study were to evaluate the diagnostic value of ultrasonography and colour Doppler combined with fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology for the detection of non-palpable axillary lymph node metastases in breast cancer patients. Forty patients with operable breast cancer (T1/T2), invasive carcinoma, not submitted to neo-adjuvant therapy, underwent axillary ultrasonography and colour Doppler preoperatively. FNA cytology was performed on axillary lymph nodes presenting ultrasonographic and/or Doppler suspicious features. A total of 542 lymph nodes were surgically removed from the 40 patients; 19 were metastatic lymph nodes. Ultrasound-guided FNA detected metastases in six out of 11 histologically node-positive patients. Sensitivity and specificity in this preliminary study was 55% and 100%, respectively. These are the preliminary results of a prospective study that has the purpose of reducing the sentinel node procedures in breast cancer patients with clinically negative axillae, but positive FNA cytology. | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Eur J Gynaecol Oncol. 2005;26(2):165-6 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/146 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.subject | Neoplasias da Mama | en |
dc.subject | Ultrassonografia Doppler a Cores | en |
dc.subject | Metástases Linfáticas | en |
dc.title | Detection of axillary metastases in breast cancer patients using ultrasound and colour Doppler combined with fine needle aspiration cytology | en |
dc.type | journal article | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
rcaap.rights | openAccess | |
rcaap.type | article | en |
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