A multidisciplinary approach to breast cancer detection with axillary lymph node staging

Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide, affecting over 2 million women each year. The most important predictor of both recurrence and survival in patients with breast cancer is if cancer has spread to the axillary lymph nodes.Dr. Alyssa Cubbison at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center specialises in breast imaging.  She puts forward an algorithm she helped create that uses preoperative ultrasound imaging of the axilla when facing suspected breast cancer.  Read the original research: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2022.04.011Dr. Cubbison can be contacted via Twitter or email