Diagnosing sentinel lymph node metastasis of T1/T2 breast cancer with conventional ultrasound combined with double contrast-enhanced ultrasound: a preliminary study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In patients with T1/T2 breast cancer (BC), sentinel lymph node (SLN) status is essential for prognosis and treatment. This study investigated the value of conventional ultrasound combined with double contrast-enhanced ultrasound in diagnosing the metastasis of SLNs in patients with T1/T2 BC.

Methods

This study employed a prospective design (this diagnostic study was not registered on a clinical trial platform), and the participants formed a convenience series. Based on the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 163 patients with BC who received treatment in the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University from July 2017 to December 2021 were included in this study. A total of 165 SLNs from 163 patients with T1/T2 BC were analyzed. All patients underwent percutaneous

SUBMITTER: Zheng Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10239995 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature