Open AccessContrast-enhanced ultrasonography in qualitative diagnosis of sentinel lymph node metastasis in breast cancer: A meta-analysis
Author(s) -
Yixia Zhang,
Xuemei Wang,
Shu Kang,
Xiang Li,
Jiao Geng
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.146129
Subject(s) - medicine , diagnostic odds ratio , cochrane library , meta analysis , sentinel lymph node , breast cancer , receiver operating characteristic , metastasis , radiology , likelihood ratios in diagnostic testing , oncology , cancer
This meta-analysis aims to determine the accuracy of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) in the qualitative diagnosis of metastatic sentinel lymph node (SLN) for patients with breast cancer.