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Breast Cancer
Identification of all sentinel nodes may reduce risk of breast cancer recurrence
February 14th, 2006
Identification of sentinel nodes and subsequent treatment of the involved basins may reduce the risk of breast cancer recurrences. "The primary lymphatic pathway of patients with breast cancer is toward the axilla, but lymph drainage is also possible towards the internal mammary chain and the supraclavicular fossa. In the current article, the development of breast cancer recurrences at these two sites after sentinel lymph node biopsy is reviewed," researchers in the Netherlands reported. "Since 1997, 803 patients underwent sentinel lymph node biopsy with intratumoral injection of Tc-99m-nanocolloid and patent blue dye in The Netherlands Cancer...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2006-02-14)
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