Open AccessSonographic evaluation of axillary lymph nodes in women with newly diagnosed breast cancer at the university college hospital Ibadan, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Atiku Hafiz,
Adenike Temitayo Adeniji-Sofoluwe,
Adeyinka Ademola,
M O Obajimi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
nigerian postgraduate medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 19
ISSN - 1117-1936
DOI - 10.4103/npmj.npmj_74_18
Subject(s) - medicine , axilla , breast cancer , outpatient clinic , prospective cohort study , lymph node , axillary lymph nodes , hilum (anatomy) , radiology , cancer , surgery
Axillary lymph node (LN) status of patients with breast cancer is important in the surgical management. Sonographic evaluation of axillary LNs in newly diagnosed breast cancer is required to predict prognosis.