… the rationale for pre-NAC axillary staging, whether by ultrasound and fine-needle aspiration
or SLNB in patients with cN0 disease. In our opinion, axillary staging prior to NAC should be …

… and axillary response to chemotherapy. We sought to review our experience with axillary
staging prior to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and … the pre- and post-chemotherapy nodal status. …

… from consideration of deescalation of axillary surgery.11 … of routine axillary staging after
neoadjuvant chemotherapy by … for study of deescalation of routine axillary lymphadenectomy. …

… axillary staging after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC), at present there are no clear guidelines
on timing of axillary staging … pre-NAC surgical axillary staging (committing node positive …

… Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is increasingly being used in the … axillary staging in
patients undergoing NAC, discuss the various modalities available to evaluate the axillary lymph …

… systemic therapy that did not include chemotherapy (eg neoadjuvant endocrine therapy) or
in … the breast or any residual disease in the axillary lymph nodes. The study was approved by …

… receiving neoadjuvant CTX can have accurate axillary nodal staging by … axillary
metastasis at presentation, repeat axillary staging with SLN biopsy can document the post–neoadjuvant …

… Third, histological staging information obtained from surgery after neoadjuvant … who
demonstrated multiple positive axillary nodes after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Unfortunately, …

… to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) in the breast and axilla … value of axillary assessment
before and after chemotherapy in … axillary surgery even if down-staging has been achieved. …

… for whom chemotherapy is planned. [2,4] While there are many obvious advantages to
neoadjuvant chemotherapy, a major disadvantage is the confounding of axillary staging, since as …