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Breast Cancer
Findings from Princess Margaret Hospital in breast cancer reported
June 26th, 2008
According to recent research from Toronto, Canada, "In some patients, the radiocolloid used to perform sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for breast cancer appears in a number of lymph nodes and in different levels of the axilla. Most positive sentinel lymph node specimens (SLNSs) removed during SLNB are identified in level I of the axilla and within the first 4 SLNSs." "Our objective was to verify the staging accuracy of harvesting only the first 4 SLNSs and to determine the relevance of SLNSs that reside in level II of the axilla. A prospective database documenting the method of identification, radioisotope count, order of retrieval, and axillary level of SLNSs from...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-06-26)
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