Abstract:The aim of this study was to evaluate the value of ultrasound (US)-guided axillary lymph node fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in staging clinically nodenegative invasive breast cancer. Based on retrospective data, we analyzed sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive value and efficacy of preoperative axillary US-guided FNAC. A total of 108 consecutive female patients with histological-confirmed invasive breast cancer between January 2006 and December 2010 were included. The managem… Show more
“…Four studies were excluded from our study owing to our inability to calculate sensitivity or specificity from their data . Thus, a total of 32 full‐text articles in peer‐reviewed journals were included in our analysis . These studies included 3866 patients with FNAC.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The way we classified inadequate cytological material as ‘negative’ is also adopted as in many other studies . Some of them even classified equivocal (C3) and suspicious (C4) as negative . The justifications are that a standard SNB with blue dye injection and radiocolloid would be adopted when FNAC results were negative.…”
FNAC has adequate sensitivity and high specificity in the diagnosis of axillary lymph node metastasis. A positive axillary FNA result could potentially alter disease management.
“…Four studies were excluded from our study owing to our inability to calculate sensitivity or specificity from their data . Thus, a total of 32 full‐text articles in peer‐reviewed journals were included in our analysis . These studies included 3866 patients with FNAC.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The way we classified inadequate cytological material as ‘negative’ is also adopted as in many other studies . Some of them even classified equivocal (C3) and suspicious (C4) as negative . The justifications are that a standard SNB with blue dye injection and radiocolloid would be adopted when FNAC results were negative.…”
FNAC has adequate sensitivity and high specificity in the diagnosis of axillary lymph node metastasis. A positive axillary FNA result could potentially alter disease management.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.