Axillary lymph node fine needle aspiration in breast cancer staging: diagnostic impact of a second 20G spinal needle

2010 
All breast cancer patients in our centre undergo ipsilateral axillary ultrasound, followed by fine needle aspiration (FNA) where appropriate in line with NICE guidelines. We use two needle passes into a suspicious node, without suction. Improved preoperative detection of nodal metastasis allows patients improved triage to appropriate axillary surgery. We present our analysis of the impact of the second needle in our axillary FNA procedure.
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