Breast Cancer

Intraoperative imprint cytology of sentinel node could reduce operations

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, July 13th, 2003

Intraoperative imprint cytology of sentinel lymph nodes could allow many patients to undergo immediate instead of followup surgery, without fear of false positives.

"An increasing number of patients are undergoing sentinel node biopsy alone for axillary staging of early breast cancer. A reliable method for evaluating the status of the sentinel node intraoperatively would allow patients with sentinel node metastases to undergo immediate rather than delayed axillary clearance. Sentinel nodes in 53 consecutive patients were examined by intraoperative imprint cytology," scientists writing in the World Journal of Surgery report.

"When compared with...

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Source: Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week (2003-07-13)

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