Is blue dye still required during sentinel lymph node biopsy for breast cancer?

BACKGROUND: In early breast cancer, the optimal technique for sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is the combined technique (radioisotope and Patent Blue V) which achieves high identification rates. Despite this, many centres have decided to stop using blue dye due to blue-dye-related complications (t...

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Published in:Ecancermedicalscience
Main Authors: Peek, Mirjam CL, Kovacs, Tibor, Baker, Rose, Hamed, Hisham, Kothari, Ash, Douek, Michael
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Cancer Intelligence 2016
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Clinical Study
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5045297/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27729939
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3332/ecancer.2016.674
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