March 22, 2012 (San Diego, California) — Ultrasound treatment of axillary sweat glands might offer a nonsurgical option for patients with hyperhidrosis, according to 2 pilot studies presented ...

It has been debated whether axillary ultrasound imaging is equally sensitive for detecting axillary metastatic lymph nodes in different subtypes of breast cancer.

Preoperative axillary ultrasound and fine-needle aspiration cytology identified 17 of those 57 patients (29.8%), sparing those patients an unnecessary invasive sentinel node biopsy.

The purpose of this study was to examine the use of ultrasound (US)-guided core biopsy of axillary nodes in patients with operable breast cancer. The ipsilateral axillae of 187 patients with ...

Background: Recent reports have indicated a lack of overall survival benefit for axillary node dissection versus sentinel lymph node biopsy in early breast cancer. To study this further, we wished to ...

Axillary Ultrasound After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Its Impact on Sentinel Lymph Node Surgery: Results From the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Z1071 Trial (Alliance).

Patients with suspicious axillary lymph nodes in their breasts should first undergo ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration to avoid unnecessary surgery, according to researchers from the ...

Dr Lowenfels reviews a study that compares diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration and ultrasound-guided core-needle biopsy for axillary staging in breast cancer.

image: Screening mammogram and US demonstrated unilateral left axillary lymph node with cortical thickness of 5 mm on ultrasound (not shown). BI-RADS category 0 was assigned. Ultrasound from ...

Diagnostic value of preoperative axillary lymph node ultrasound assessment in patients with breast cancer qualified for sentinel lymph node biopsy.