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ArticleMolecular and clinical oncology2021

Sentinel lymph node biopsy with one-step nucleic acid assay relegates the need for preoperative ultrasound-guided biopsy staging of the axilla in patients with early stage breast cancer.

Bello Inua, Victoria Fung, Nour Al-Shurbasi, Sarah Howells, Olga Hatsiopoulou, Praveen Somarajan, Gregory J Zardin, Norman R Williams, Stan Kohlhardt

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Article in Molecular and clinical oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bello InuaDepartment of Breast, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK.
Victoria FungDepartment of Breast, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK.
Nour Al-ShurbasiDepartment of Breast, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK.
Sarah HowellsDepartment of Breast Screening and Breast Imaging, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK.
Olga HatsiopoulouDepartment of Breast Screening and Breast Imaging, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK.
Praveen SomarajanDepartment of Breast Screening and Breast Imaging, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK.
Gregory J ZardinDepartment of Histopathology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK.
Norman R WilliamsSurgical and Interventional Trials Unit, Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University College London, London W1W 7JN, UK.
Stan KohlhardtDepartment of Breast, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield S10 2JF, UK.
Royal Hallamshire Hospital · GBUniversity College London · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Avoiding axillary node clearance in patients with early stage breast cancer and low-burden node-positive axillary disease is an emerging practice. Informing the decision to adopt axillary conservation is examined by comparing routine preoperative axillary staging using ultrasound (AUS) ± AUS biopsy (AUSB) with intraoperative staging using sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) and a one-step nucleic acid cytokeratin-19 amplification assay (OSNA). A single-centre, retrospective cohort study of 1,315 consecutive new diagnoses of breast cancer in 1,306 patients was undertaken in the present study. An AUS ± AUSB was performed on all patients as part of their initial assessment. Patients who had a normal ultrasound (AUS-) or negative biopsy (AUSB-) followed by SLNB with OSNA ± axillary lymph node dissection (ALND), and those with a positive AUSB (AUSB+), were assessed. Tests for association were determined using a χ

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axillary conservationaxillary ultrasoundbreast cancercytokeratin-19one step nucleic acid amplification assaysentinel lymph node

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PMID33604041
PMCPMC7849070
OpenAlexW3125415525

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