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Ultrasound and fine needle aspiration cytology of axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer. To do or not to do?

Martijn Leenders, M. Broeders, C. Croese, Milan C. Richir, Hideto Go, B. L. A. M. Langenhorst, S. Meijer, Wilhelmina H. Schreurs

The Breast · 2012 · 77 citations · 33 references

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106/429 (24.7%) Node-positive axillae were identified by ultrasound-guided FNAC and spared unnecessary sentinel node biopsy. Unfortunately, the percentage of false negative results of ultrasound-guided FNAC (28.1%, 323/1150) was very high.

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