Enhancing detection of high-level axillary lymph node metastasis after neoadjuvant therapy in breast cancer patients with nodal involvement: a combined approach of axilla ultrasound and breast elastography
SWE outperformed conventional US in identifying the axilla levels with nodal metastasis following NAT in patients with initially diagnosed positive axilla. Furthermore, combining breast SWE with axilla US showed good diagnostic performance for detecting residual metastasis in axilla level III after NAT.
Authors
- Shi-Yang Lin
- Xiao‐Qing Pei
- Fengtao Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7688-1631)
- Yuting Tan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1949-7937)
- Jiahui Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0389-1721)
- Xueyan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8653-4104)
- Jiaxin Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8399-6258)
- Yu-Ting Zhang
- Gui-Ling Huang
Institutions
- Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
- Guangzhou University (CN)
- Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
- Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital (CN)
- Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- La radiologia medica
- Published
- 2024-11-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11547-024-01936-2
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.21