Adding ultrasound examination of axillary nodes and fine-needle aspiration of suspicious nodes prior to lumpectomy in women with early-stage breast cancer spared 17 (30%) of 57 women the need for sentinel node biopsy and a second surgery, a study of 274 patients found.The 17 patients with cancerous lymph cells on axillary ultrasound and fine-needle aspiration cytology (AUS-FNAC) underwent axillary clearance at the same time as lumpectomy, Dr. Bedanta Baruah reported Oct. 6 in a press briefing sponsored...