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ReviewCancers2023

Image-Guided Localization Techniques for Metastatic Axillary Lymph Nodes in Breast Cancer; What Radiologists Should Know.

Valerio Di Paola, Giorgio Mazzotta, Marco Conti, Simone Palma, Federico Orsini, Laura Mola, Francesca Ferrara, Valentina Longo, Enida Bufi, Anna D'Angelo and 4 more

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In one paragraph

Review in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Valerio Di PaolaDepartment of Bioimaging, Radiation Oncology and Hematology, UOC of Radiodiagnostica Presidio Columbus, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCSS, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1234-003X
Giorgio MazzottaInstitute of Radiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Marco ContiDepartment of Bioimaging, Radiation Oncology and Hematology, UOC of Radiologia Toracica e Cardiovascolare, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCSS, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8260-4753
Simone PalmaDepartment of Bioimaging, Radiation Oncology and Hematology, UOC of Radiodiagnostica Presidio Columbus, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCSS, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8824-2535
Federico OrsiniInstitute of Radiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Laura MolaInstitute of Radiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Francesca FerraraInstitute of Radiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Valentina LongoInstitute of Radiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Enida BufiDepartment of Bioimaging, Radiation Oncology and Hematology, UOC of Radiologia Toracica e Cardiovascolare, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCSS, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Anna D'AngeloDepartment of Bioimaging, Radiation Oncology and Hematology, UOC of Radiologia Toracica e Cardiovascolare, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCSS, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5970-1010
Camilla PanicoDepartment of Bioimaging, Radiation Oncology and Hematology, UOC of Radiologia Toracica e Cardiovascolare, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCSS, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Paola ClauserDepartment of Biomedical Imaging and Image-Guided Radiotherapy, Division of Molecular and Gender Imaging, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Paolo BelliInstitute of Radiology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7979-2466
Riccardo ManfrediDepartment of Bioimaging, Radiation Oncology and Hematology, UOC of Radiodiagnostica Presidio Columbus, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCSS, Largo A. Gemelli 8, 00168 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4972-9500
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · ITAgostino Gemelli University Polyclinic · ITMedical University of Vienna · AT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Targeted axillary dissection (TAD) is an axillary staging technique after NACT that involves the removal of biopsy-proven metastatic lymph nodes in addition to sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB). This technique avoids the morbidity of traditional axillary lymph node dissection and has shown a lower false-negative rate than SLNB alone. Therefore, marking positive axillary lymph nodes before NACT is critical in order to locate and remove them in the subsequent surgery. Current localization methods include clip placement with intraoperative ultrasound, carbon-suspension liquids, localization wires, radioactive tracer-based localizers, magnetic seeds, radar reflectors, and radiofrequency identification devices. The aim of this paper is to illustrate the management of axillary lymph nodes based on current guidelines and explain the features of axillary lymph node markers, with relative advantages and disadvantages.

Indexed as

axillary lymph nodeaxillary lymph node dissectionbreast cancerguidelineslocalization techniquesNACTsentinel lymph node biopsytargeted axillary dissection

Identifiers

PMID37046791
PMCPMC10093304
OpenAlexW4362560364

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