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Breast Cancer
Impact of auxiliary nodal metastases studied in breast cancer patients
October 20th, 2005
The impact of auxiliary nodal metastases on lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymph node identification rate is studied in patients with early stage breast cancer. According to recent research published in the European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, "The aim of this study was to define the impact of the presence of auxiliary nodal metastases on lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymph node (SLN) identification rate in patients with early breast cancer. Two hundred and forty-six lymphatic mapping procedures were performed with both labeled nanocolloid and blue dye, followed by SLN biopsy and/or complete auxiliary dissection. "The...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-10-20)
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