Optimising Axillary Staging in Resource‐Constrained Settings: A Prospective Validation of Axillary Ultrasound and Touch Imprint Cytology in Predicting Pathologically Negative Axillae in <scp>cT2</scp>‐3 Breast Cancer
Our findings suggest that the combination of AUS + TIC provides a reliable technique with high diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity for assessing ALN in low resource settings.
Authors
- D.R. Mishra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7951-6170)
- Sanjay Kumar Yadav (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0682-4970)
- Dhananjaya Sharma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0604-8676)
- Pawan Agarwal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9031-8690)
- Muktesh Khandare
- Balmik Chaturvedi
Institutions
- Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical College (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cytopathology
- Published
- 2025-03-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/cyt.13484
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.81