Marking Techniques for Target Lymph Nodes in Node-Positive Breast Cancer Treated With Neoadjuvant Therapy in the AXSANA/EUBREAST-03/AGO-B-053 Study
This large prospective analysis of patients with initially clinically node-positive BC receiving NACT demonstrates that probe-guided detection markers used to mark metastatic nodes before NACT provide superior detection rates.
Authors
- A Rief (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7234-2438)
- Achim Rody
- Marc Thill
- Andraž Perhavec (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0559-3813)
- Nikolas Tauber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4592-2151)
- Marian Vanhoeij (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4806-2775)
- Elmar Stickeler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9715-7260)
- A Kothari
- Douglas Zippel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3547-9974)
- Tomasz Berger
- Franziska Ruf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9487-3352)
- Isabel T. Rubio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0035-0679)
- David Pinto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7998-3366)
- Natalia Krawczyk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6261-2104)
- E Schlichting
- Michael Hauptmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8539-0148)
- Eduard-Alexandru Bonci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5119-0906)
- Maria Luisa Gasparri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9482-9527)
- Steffi Hartmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0145-1589)
- Zoltan Matrai
- Kristina Wihlfahrt
- Sarun Thongvitokomarn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3519-3290)
- Florentia Peintinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8109-3680)
- Jennifer Schroth
- Dawid Murawa
- Timo Basali
- Markus Hahn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0284-6566)
- Esther Schmidt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6416-5619)
- Michalis Kontos
- Lukáš Dostálek
- Katharina Jursik
- Hagigat Valiyeva Qanimat
- Geeta Kadayaprath
- Rosa Di Micco
- Mauro Porpiglia
- Maggie Banys-Paluchowski
- Beata Adamczyk
- Tsvetomir Ivanov
- Toralf Reimer
- Sarah Fröhlich
- Jana de Boniface
- Oreste D Gentilini
- Lia P Rebaza
- Günay M Gürleyik
- Michael Untch
- Michael P Lux
- Helidon Nina
- Nina Ditsch
- Hans-Christian Kolberg
Institutions
- Champalimaud Foundation (PT)
- Oslo University Hospital (NO)
- University of Medicine Tirana (AL)
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (IT)
- University of Augsburg (DE)
- Azerbaijan Medical University (AZ)
- Universität Ulm (DE)
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
- Medical University of Graz (AT)
- Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy (RO)
- Charles University (CZ)
- Sheba Medical Center (IL)
- Helsinki University Hospital (FI)
- University Hospital Augsburg (DE)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University (TR)
- Institute of Oncology Ljubljana (SI)
- Max Healthcare (IN)
- Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health (TH)
- Ospedale regionale di Lugano (CH)
- Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale (CH)
- Stuttgart Observatory (DE)
- Saint Göran Hospital (SE)
- Institute of Oncology Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuta (RO)
- Ospedale Sant'Anna (IT)
- Greater Poland Cancer Center (PL)
- University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (DE)
- National Heart Hospital (BG)
- Laiko General Hospital of Athens (GR)
- Marienhospital Bottrop (DE)
- Klinikum Esslingen (DE)
- Universitätsklinikum Aachen (DE)
- Breast Center (CH)
- EsSALUD (PE)
- University Children's Hospital Tübingen (DE)
- Haydarpaşa Numune Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi (TR)
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (BE)
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi (TR)
- Brüderkrankenhaus St. Josef Paderborn (DE)
- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele (IT)
- St. Josef Krankenhaus (DE)
- St. Vincenz-Krankenhaus Limburg (DE)
- Clinica Universidad de Navarra (ES)
- Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg Theodor Fontane (DE)
- Agaplesion Markus Hospital (DE)
- Helios Hospital Berlin-Buch (DE)
- St. Anna Hospital (DE)
- Klinikum Stuttgart (DE)
- General University Hospital in Prague (CZ)
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
- University of Zielona Góra (PL)
- University of Rostock (DE)
- Hamad Medical Corporation (QA)
- Università della Svizzera italiana (CH)
- University of Lübeck (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Clinical Oncology
- Published
- 2026-01-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1200/jco-25-01921
- Primary Topic
- Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00