Sentinel lymph node biopsy after introducing Twirl® breast markers into suspicious lymph nodes in breast cancer patients.
Breast Cancer
; 28(3): 772-775, 2021 May.
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ABSTRACT
Ten stage I/II breast cancer patients with one or two suspicious lymph nodes (LNs) detected on ultrasonography underwent sentinel LN biopsy (SLNB) after the introduction of Twirl® breast markers into each suspicious LN revealed that each Twirl®-marked LN was SLN and was likely the first SLN. Three patients had less than three SLN metastases and were candidates for sparing completion axillary lymph node dissection (cALND). Indeed, of them, one underwent breast-conserving surgery without cALND and the other two underwent total mastectomy with cALND. These results suggest that, as all suspicious LNs are SLNs, patients can be treated with SLNB alone if they fulfill the ACOSOG Z-0011 criteria, despite suspicious LNs yielding positive results on preoperative fine-needle aspiration cytology.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neoplasias de la Mama
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Biopsia del Ganglio Linfático Centinela
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Metástasis Linfática
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Breast Cancer
Asunto de la revista:
NEOPLASIAS
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Japón