title: Reply to Letter: "Preoperative Ultrasound-guided Needle Biopsy of Axillary Nodes in Invasive Breast Cancer: Meta-analysis of Its Accuracy and Utility in Staging the Axilla".
authors.affiliation: Screening and Test Evaluation Program (STEP), School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, nehmath@med.usyd.edu.au Breast Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York.
authors.forename: Nehmat
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Houssami
authors.forename: Robin M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: Hiram S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Cody
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000473:pathology*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional