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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
A novel method for sentinel lymph node biopsy by indocyanine green fluorescence technique in breast Cancer
Cancers, Volume 2, No. 2, Year 2010
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We investigated the feasibility of sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy using indocyanine green (ICG) technique in 411 patients with early breast cancer at three institutes. ICG, a fluorescence source, and blue dye were injected into the subareolar area to enable real-time image-guided surgery and identification of SLN fluorescence after meticulous dissection. The subcutaneous lymphatic channels were precisely detected in all cases. SLN identification rate was 99% (408/411) with a mean of 2.3 nodes identified per patient. Thirty-nine cases (9.5%) had SLNs involved and all of them were ICG positive. Thus, the ICG technique has a high SLN identification rate comparable with that of the radioisotope method. © 2010 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland.
Authors & Co-Authors
Sugie, Tomoharu
Japan, Kyoto
Kyoto University Hospital
Kassim, Kassim A.
Japan, Kyoto
Kyoto University Hospital
Egypt, Asyut
Assiut University
Takeuchi, Megumi
Japan, Kyoto
Kyoto University Hospital
Hashimoto, Takashi
Japan, Kobe
Shinko Hospital
Yamagami, Kazuhiko
Japan, Kobe
Shinko Hospital
Masai, Yoshikazu
Japan, Kobe
Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital
Toi, Masakazu
Japan, Kyoto
Kyoto University Hospital
Statistics
Citations: 61
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.3390/cancers2020713
e-ISSN:
20726694
Research Areas
Cancer
Health System And Policy