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Breast Cancer
Study results from S.C. Ramsay and colleagues broaden understanding of breast cancer
July 10th, 2008
"We report 2 cases demonstrating that localization of internal mammary (IM) sentinel lymph nodes with lympboscintigraphy using peritumoral injection of Tc-99m antimony sulfide colloid, followed by resection using minimal access surgery, can reveal nodal metastatic disease in patients with clinically node-negative breast cancer when axillary sentinel nodes are not affected by metastatic disease," investigators in Australia report. "When this is found, it changes staging and can affect prognosis and treatment. These cases confirm that the technique used is sampling true sentinel IM nodes, that is nodes that receive direct lymph flow from the breast cancer, and confirm the...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-07-10)
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