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Breast Cancer
Reports outline breast cancer study findings from George Washington University
July 10th, 2008
According to recent research from the United States, "The injection techniques and use of lymphoscintigraphy for sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy in breast cancer patients vary. Some do not advocate routine use of lymphoscintigraphy." "The purpose of this case report is to illustrate when lymphoscintigraphy should be used. At our institution, we use periareolar intradermal injections of 0.6 mCi Tc-99m sulfur colloid followed by lymphoscintigraphy with reported identification rates greater than 99%. The only patient in our series who did not have a SLN identified had presented after excisional biopsy of an upper outer quadrant cancer. We report the case of another...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-07-10)
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