Feasibility of radioguided occult lesion localization of clip-marked lymph nodes for tailored axillary treatment in breast cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant systemic therapy

Feasibility of radioguided occult lesion localization of clip-marked lymph nodes for tailored axillary treatment in breast cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant systemic therapy

Abstract Background Selective removal of initially tumor-positive axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer patients who underwent neoadjuvant systemic treatment (NST) improves the accuracy of nodal staging and provides the opportunity for more tailored axillary treatment. This study evaluated whether r...

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Main Authors: Daan Hellingman, Maarten L. Donswijk, Gonneke A. O. Winter-Warnars, Petra de Koekkoek-Doll, Marilyn Pinas, Yvonne Budde-van Namen, Johan Westerga, Marie-Jeanne T. F. D. Vrancken Peeters, Nikola Kimmings, Marcel P. M. Stokkel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-10-01
Series:EJNMMI Research
Subjects:
Breast cancer
neoadjuvant systemic treatment
axillary staging
radioguided occult lesion localization
target lymph node technique
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13550-019-0560-3

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