Invasive methods for preoperative diagnosis of the status of regional lymphatic collecting vessels in breast cancer

Khakurinova N.D., Snitkin V.M., Sholokhov V.N., Sinyukova G.T., Gus A.I., Berdnikov S.N., Makhotina M.S., Valiev R.K., Petrovsky A.V.

N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
The paper reviews the literature on the diagnosis of lymph node micrometastases in patients with breast cancer (BC). It shows the development and diagnostic capabilities of modern ultrasound imaging techniques, such as elastometry and elastography, in evaluating the status of regional lymphatic efflux areas in BC and considers current approaches to indications for ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy.

Keywords

lymph node micrometastases
breast cancer
ultrasound
elastography
еlastometry

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Received 17.06.2019

Accepted 21.06.2019

About the Authors

Nafset D. Khakurinova, post-graduate student of the Department of radiosurgery research Institute of clinical Oncology Federal State Budgetary Institution «N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology» оf the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (N.N. Blokhin NMRCO).
Tel.: +7(499)324-98-95 E-mail: nafset2701@mail.ru 115478 Moscow, Kashirskoye highway, h. 23.
Vyacheslav M. Snitkin, post-graduate student of the Department of ultrasound diagnostics of the research Institute of clinical and experimental radiology Federal State Budgetary Institution «N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology» оf the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (N.N. Blokhin NMRCO).
Tel.: +7(499)324-98-95 E-mail: snitkinvm@yandex.ru 115478 Moscow, Kashirskoye highway, h. 23.
Vladimir N. Sholokhov, MD, Professor, leading researcher of the Department of ultrasound diagnostics of the research Institute of clinical and experimental radiology Federal State Budgetary Institution «N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology» оf the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (N.N. Blokhin NMRCO).
Tel.: +7(499)324-98-95 E-mail: vnshell@mail.ru 115478 Moscow, Kashirskoye highway, h. 23.
Galina T. Sinyukova, MD, Professor, head of the Department of ultrasound diagnostics of the research Institute of clinical and experimental radiology Federal State Budgetary Institution «N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology» оf the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (N.N. Blokhin NMRCO).
Tel.: +7(499)324-98-95 E-mail: profsinukova@mail.ru 115478 Moscow, Kashirskoye highway, h. 23.
Alexander I. Gus, MD, Professor, head of the Department of ultrasound and functional diagnostics of fsbi “ NMITS AGP. V. I. Kulakova “ Ministry of health of the Russian Federation, Moscow. Tel.: +7(495)438-11-77. E-mail: a_gus@oparina4.ru.
117997, Russia, Moscow, Akademika Oparina str., 4.
Sergey N. Berdnikov, PhD, researcher of the Department of ultrasound diagnostics of the research Institute of clinical and experimental radiology Federal State Budgetary Institution «N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology» оf the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (N.N. Blokhin NMRCO).
Tel.: +7(499)324-98-95 E-mail: berdnikov_sn@mail.ru 115478 Moscow, Kashirskoye highway, h. 23.
Mariya S. Mahotina, PhD, physician of the Department of ultrasound diagnostics of the research Institute of clinical and experimental radiology Federal State Budgetary Institution «N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology» оf the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (N.N. Blokhin NMRCO).
Tel.: +7(499)324-98-95 E-mail: berdnikov_sn@mail.ru 115478 Moscow, Kashirskoye highway, h. 23.
Ramiz K. Valiev, PhD., head of the Department of radiosurgery of the research Institute of clinical Oncology. N. N. Trapeznikova Federal State Budgetary Institution
«N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology» оf the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (N.N. Blokhin NMRCO). Tel.: +7(499)324-98-95 E-mail: info@ronc.ru
115478 Moscow, Kashirskoye highway, h. 23.
Alexander V. Petrovsky, PhD, deputy director for the development of cancer care in the regions research Institute of clinical Oncology Federal State Budgetary Institution
«N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology» оf the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (N.N. Blokhin NMRCO). Tel.: +7(499)324-98-95 E-mail: alexpetrovsky@hotmail.com
115478 Moscow, Kashirskoye highway, h. 23.

For citation: Khakurinova N.D., Snitkin V.M., Sholokhov V.N., Sinyukova G.T., Gus A.I., Berdnikov S.N., Makhotina M.S., Valiev R.K., Petrovsky A.V. Invasive methods for preoperative diagnosis of the status of regional lymphatic collecting vessels in breast cancer.
Akusherstvo i Ginekologiya / Obstetrics and gynecology. 2019; 12: 22-28. (In Russian).
https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/aig.2019.12.22-28

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