Enhancing detection of high-level axillary lymph node metastasis after neoadjuvant therapy in breast cancer patients with nodal involvement: a combined approach of axilla ultrasound and breast elastography

SWE outperformed conventional US in identifying the axilla levels with nodal metastasis following NAT in patients with initially diagnosed positive axilla. Furthermore, combining breast SWE with axilla US showed good diagnostic performance for detecting residual metastasis in axilla level III after NAT.