Efficacy and Significance of Sentinel Lymph Node Identification with Technetium-99m-labeled Tin Colloids for Breast Cancer
- 1 October 1998
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Breast Cancer
- Vol. 5 (4), 389-393
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02967436
Abstract
The sentinel lymph node (SLN) is thought to reflect the metastatic status of the remaining axillary lymph nodes in patients with breast cancer. We used technetium-99m-labeled tin colloids to identify SLN. The efficacy and significance of SLN identification using this method were investigated in terms of number, size, location, and tumor metastasis. The efficacy of the emulsion charcoal injection method for the intraoperative visible identification of SLN was also evaluated.Keywords
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