Axillary Ultrasound Identifies Residual Nodal Disease After Chemotherapy: Results From the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Z1071 Trial (Alliance)

• Published in: American journal of roentgenology (1976) Vol. 210; no. 3; pp. 669 - 676
• Main Authors: Le-Petross, Huong T., McCall, Linda M., Hunt, Kelly K., Mittendorf, Elizabeth A., Ahrendt, Gretchen M., Wilke, Lee G., Ballman, Karla V., Boughey, Judy C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2018
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Axilla - diagnostic imaging; Axilla - pathology; Biopsy, Needle; Breast Neoplasms - drug therapy; Breast Neoplasms - pathology; Breast Neoplasms - surgery; Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; Female; Humans; Lymphatic Metastasis - diagnostic imaging; Lymphatic Metastasis - pathology; Middle Aged; Neoadjuvant Therapy; Neoplasm Staging; Prospective Studies; Ultrasonography - methods; neoadjuvant chemotherapy; sentinel lymph node dissection; lymph node; multicenter trial; ultrasound

The purpose of this study is to determine lymph node features on axillary ultrasound (US) images obtained after neoadjuvant chemotherapy that are associated with residual nodal disease in patients with initial biopsy-proven node-positive breast cancer. All patients had axillary US performed after ne...