The Current Status of Ultrasonography and Fine-Needle Aspiration Citology for the Management of the Axilla in Breast Cancer

Objetive: to analyze whether ultrasonography with fine-needle aspiration cytology of an axillary suspicious node, in patients breast cancer, could help differentiate between low involvement the axilla (up 2 nodes macrometastasis) those high (more than lymph macrometastasis). Material and methods: A total 115 consecutive cancer 5 cm diameter), clinically negative pathologically positive axilla. All underwent preoperative ultrasound ultrasound-guided was performed nodes. In all cytology, lymphadenectomy performed. sentinel node biopsy performed, when it positive, The number pathological evaluated after lymphadenectomy. Results: 61 had cytology. 42 them (69%), there were more There 54 49 (90%), only 1 or Axillary able identify 47 (89%) Conclusion: citology identify, a stage, latter are who would benefit from axilla, ignoring stage.