Diagnostic value of applying preoperative breast ultrasound and clinicopathologic features to predict axillary lymph node burden in early invasive breast cancer: a study of 1247 patients

Abstract Background Since the Z0011 trial, the assessment of axillary lymph node status has been redirected from the previous assessment of the occurrence of lymph node metastasis alone to the assessment of the degree of lymph node loading. Our aim was to apply preoperative breast ultrasound and cli...

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Main Authors: Hua Shao, Yixin Sun, Ziyue Na, Hui Jing, Bo Li, Qiucheng Wang, Cui Zhang, Wen Cheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-01-01
Series:BMC Cancer
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-024-11853-2