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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.authorLemos, S
dc.contributor.authorDias, M
dc.contributor.authorGonçalo, Manuela
dc.contributor.authorPinto, E
dc.contributor.authorFernandes, G
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, CF
dc.date.accessioned2008-11-25T16:28:38Z
dc.date.available2008-11-25T16:28:38Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description.abstractThe 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.citationEur J Gynaecol Oncol. 2005;26(2):165-6en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/146
dc.language.isoengen
dc.subjectNeoplasias da Mamaen
dc.subjectUltrassonografia Doppler a Coresen
dc.subjectMetástases Linfáticasen
dc.titleDetection of axillary metastases in breast cancer patients using ultrasound and colour Doppler combined with fine needle aspiration cytologyen
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
rcaap.rightsopenAccess
rcaap.typearticleen

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