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17140793

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-4-3
pubmed:abstractText
In breast cancer patients with negative sentinel node biopsy (SNB), surveillance of the unremoved nodes is recommended. Clinical examination has poor sensitivity. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of axillary ultrasound scan (AUS) in the follow-up of these patients. AUS was performed every 12 months in a series of 165 patients with negative SNB. During the follow-up (median 45.6 months), in 154 patients, the AUS was carried out as a routine examination and in three cases (1.9%) it showed suspicious nodes, which underwent core biopsy. No evidence of axillary recurrence was found. Conversely, in 11 patients, AUS was performed to clarify a palpable lymphadenopathy; none of them was suspicious at US. We conclude that routine AUS to follow-up patients who have had a negative SNB is unnecessary. However, AUS may be useful in the presence of palpable nodes, to select those patients who do not require biopsy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0960-9776
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
190-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Axillary ultrasound scanning in the follow-up of breast cancer patients undergoing sentinel node biopsy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Gynecology, Perinatology and Human Reproducton, University of Florence, Italy. tommaso.susini@unifi.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Evaluation Studies