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Recent findings from University of Groningen, Department of Surgical Oncology highlight research in breast cancer

Published in Women's Health Law Weekly, June 3rd, 2007

A report, "Immediate dynamic lymphoscintigraphy delivers no additional value to lymphoscintigraphy 3 hr after tracer injection in sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer patients," is newly published data in Journal of Surgical Oncology. "Immediate dynamic imaging enables accurate definition of sentinel lymph nodes, whereas imaging 3 hr after tracer injection may lead to overestimation of the number of sentinel lymph nodes. A study was performed to define the value of lymphoscintigraphy immediately versus 3 hr after tracer injection in sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer management," scientists in Groningen, Netherlands report.

"In 165 sentinel lymph...

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