Preoperative Sonographic Classification of Axillary Lymph Nodes in Patients With Breast Cancer: Node-to-Node Correlation With Surgical Histology and

Preoperative Sonographic Classification of Axillary Lymph Nodes in Patients With Breast Cancer: Node-to-Node Correlation With Surgical Histology and Sentinel Node Biopsy Results
Nariya Cho, Woo Kyung Moon, Wonshik Han, In Ae Park, Jihyoung Cho, and Dong-Young Noh
AJR 2009;193:1731-1737
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Sonographic classification of axillary lymph nodes is effective for predicting the presence of metastases to avoid sentinel node biopsy or to reduce unsuccessful lymphatic mapping during sentinel node biopsy