Purpose The accurate harvesting of a sentinel node in breast cancer includes a sequence of
procedures with components from different medical specialities, including nuclear medicine …

Sentinel lymph node biopsy is now the practice of choice for the management of many
patients with breast cancer. This was not true in the early 1990s, when the first such …

Content Procedure guidelines for scintigraphic detection of sentinel node in breast cancer
are presented. Authors The paper was written by several experts in this field on behalf of the …

Purpose Lymph node status is a major factor in determining the stage, appropriate therapy
and outcome in patients with breast cancer. It is therefore of clinical importance to accurately …

Breast cancer is the most frequent cancer diagnosed in women worldwide. Accurate lymph
node staging is essential for both prognosis (of early-stage disease) and treatment (for …

Sentinel node biopsy (SNB) is rapidly emerging as the preferred technique for nodal staging
in breast cancer. When radioactive colloid is used, a preoperative lymphoscintiscan is …

INTRODUCTION: Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) represents an important staging
procedure in the surgical treatment of breast cancer. However, it may result necessary in …

Axillary node status is a major prognostic factor in early breast cancer. Staging with sentinel
node biopsy (SNB) leads to a substantial reduction in surgical morbidity. Recent …

Background Despite the widespread application of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for
early stage breast cancer, there is a wide variation in reported test performance …

Purpose Despite the widespread use of sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy in breast cancer
patients, some controversy exists about the correct management of extra-axillary nodes …