Number of axillary lymph node metastases determined by preoperative ultrasound is related to prognosis in patients with breast cancer

Yuko Kijima; Heiji Yoshinaka; Munetsugu Hirata; Tadao Mizoguchi; Sumiya Ishigami; Akihiro Nakajo; Hideo Arima; Shinichi Ueno; Shoji Natsugoe

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Number of axillary lymph node metastases determined by preoperative ultrasound is related to prognosis in patients with breast cancer

Yuko Kijima, Heiji Yoshinaka, Munetsugu Hirata, Tadao Mizoguchi, Sumiya Ishigami, Akihiro Nakajo, Hideo Arima, Shinichi Ueno, Shoji Natsugoe

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Objective: To analyze the impact on prognosis of the number of axillary lymph node metastases (LNM) detected by ultrasound (US) in patients with breast cancer.Methods: One-to-one comparison of LNM was performed between the ultrasound and histologic diagnosis in 380 patients. Results: The accuracy of preoperative ultrasound diagnosis was 79.7%. According to the subdivision of number of LNM (0, 1-3, 4-9, 10+), the accuracy rates associated with LNM were 82%, 49%, 34%, and 86%, respectively. The disease-free-survival curves according to the number of LNM were similar in them. Conclusion: Preoperative ultrasound can determine axillary involvement and may be useful for predicting prognosis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	20-31
Number of pages	12
Journal	Cancers
Volume	2
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers2010020
Publication status	Published - 03-2010
Externally published	Yes

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