The correlation between multi-mode ultrasonographic features of breast cancer and axillary lymph node metastasis
Shijian Xu, Qi Wang, Zhe Hong · 2024
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Shijian Xu, Qi Wang, and Zhe Hong studied which ultrasound traits of breast tumors predict spread to armpit lymph nodes, in work published in 2024. Nearly two hundred patients with confirmed breast cancer had three kinds of ultrasound before surgery. Seventy had node spread and the rest did not.
Four traits stood out as independent predictors: multiple tumor sites, distorted tissue patterns, tiny calcium spots, and a stiff rim on elasticity scans. Color flow traits did not differ between groups. A model built on the four traits beat any single scan type at predicting spread. The authors offer it as a non invasive aid for treatment planning.
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| CREATOR | Shijian Xu, Qi Wang, Zhe Hong |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 20 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |