Lymph node imaging in patients with primary breast cancer: concurrent diagnostic tools

MA Marino, D Avendano, P Zapata, CC Riedl… - The …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The detection of lymph node metastasis affects the management of patients with primary
breast cancer significantly in terms of staging, treatment, and prognosis. The main goal for …

Axillary staging of breast cancer: what the radiologist should know

JS Ecanow, H Abe, GM Newstead, DB Ecanow… - Radiographics, 2013 - pubs.rsna.org
Identifying the presence of axillary node and internal mammary node metastases in patients
with invasive breast cancer is critical for determining prognosis and for deciding on …

[HTML][HTML] Introduction of a new staging system of breast cancer for radiologists: an emphasis on the prognostic stage

J Koh, MJ Kim - Korean journal of radiology, 2019 - synapse.koreamed.org
Abstract In 2017, the American Joint Committee on Cancer announced the 8th edition of its
cancer staging system. For breast cancer, the most significant change in the staging system …

Attention‐based deep learning for the preoperative differentiation of axillary lymph node metastasis in breast cancer on DCE‐MRI

J Gao, X Zhong, W Li, Q Li, H Shao… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Previous studies have explored the potential on radiomics features of primary
breast cancer tumor to identify axillary lymph node (ALN) metastasis. However, the value of …

Preoperative prediction of lymphovascular invasion in invasive breast cancer with dynamic contrast‐enhanced‐MRI‐based radiomics

Z Liu, B Feng, C Li, Y Chen, Q Chen… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Lymphovascular invasion (LVI) status facilitates the selection of optimal
therapeutic strategy for breast cancer patients, but in clinical practice LVI status is …

Application of MR mammography beyond local staging: is there a potential to accurately assess axillary lymph nodes? Evaluation of an extended protocol in an initial …

PAT Baltzer, M Dietzel, HP Burmeister… - American Journal of …, 2011 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The purpose of our study was to clinically test an extended MR mammography
(MRM) protocol for combined local staging (T-staging) and locoregional staging (N-staging) …

Radiomics nomogram of contrast-enhanced spectral mammography for prediction of axillary lymph node metastasis in breast cancer: a multicenter study

N Mao, P Yin, Q Li, Q Wang, M Liu, H Ma, J Dong… - European …, 2020 - Springer
Objective This study aims to establish and validate a radiomics nomogram based on
contrast-enhanced spectral mammography (CESM) for prediction of axillary lymph node …

Accuracy of unenhanced MR imaging in the detection of axillary lymph node metastasis: study of reproducibility and reliability

AM Scaranelo, R Eiada, LM Jacks, SR Kulkarni… - Radiology, 2012 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To investigate the accuracy, reproducibility, and reliability of unenhanced magnetic
resonance (MR) imaging techniques for detecting metastatic axillary lymph nodes in patients …

Is preoperative axillary imaging beneficial in identifying clinically node-negative patients requiring axillary lymph node dissection?

M Pilewskie, M Jochelson, JC Gooch, S Patil… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (ACOSOG) Z0011 results
support the omission of axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in women with less than 3 …

Preoperative axillary imaging with percutaneous lymph node biopsy is valuable in the contemporary management of patients with breast cancer

TJ Hieken, BC Trull, JC Boughey, KN Jones… - Surgery, 2013 - Elsevier
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 …