Purpose This meta-analysis was designed to evaluate the utility of preoperative axillary
ultrasound combined with US-guided lymph node biopsy if indicated (AUS±biopsy), in terms …

Conventional ultrasound (US) is the recommended imaging method for lymph node (LN)
diseases with the advantages of high resolution, real time evaluation and relative low costs …

Breast ultrasound elasticity evaluation has become a routine tool in addition to diagnostic
ultrasound during the last five years. Two elasticity evaluation modes are currently available …

Sonoelastography is a modern ultrasound method, which enables the representation of
tissues and organs with the evaluation of their elasticity,“stiffness”. The principle of …

Background Although surgical management of the breast after neoadjuvant chemotherapy
(NAC) may be governed by treatment response, axillary management continues to be …

Breast elastography is being increasingly used to better characterize breast lesions.
Published studies have shown that it improved specificity of B mode ultrasound. Two …

BACKGROUND: Real-time elastography (RTE), as a non-invasive method, is used for the
classification of benign and malignant lymph nodes (LNs) and developed as an alternative …

Background ACOSOG Z11 and other studies showing little benefit to axillary dissection
(ALND) for early-stage breast cancers with limited nodal disease have led to questioning the …

The aim of this study was to evaluate shear wave elastography (SWE) for pre-operative
evaluation of axillary lymph node (LN) status in patients with suspected breast cancer. A …

OBJECTIVE. The objective of our study was to report the positive predictive value (PPV) of
ultrasound of the axilla to predict pN2 or higher disease in breast cancer patients …