The value of quantitative shear wave elastography combined with conventional ultrasound in evaluating and guiding fine needle aspiration biopsy of axillary lymph node for early breast cancer: implication for axillary surgical stage.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the value of conventional ultrasonography (US) combined with quantitative shear wave elastography (SWE) in evaluating and identifying target axillary lymph node (TALN) for fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) of patients with early breast cancer.

Materials and methods

A total of 222 patients with 223 ALNs were prospectively recruited from January 2018 to December 2021. All TALNs were evaluated by US, SWE and subsequently underwent FNAB. The diagnostic performances of US, SWE, UE_or (either US or SWE was positive) and UE_and (both US and SWE were positive), and FNAB guided by the above four methods for evaluating ALN status were assessed using receiver operator characteristic curve (ROC) analyses. Univariate and multivariate logis

SUBMITTER: Liu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11365282 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature