Evaluation of the efficacy of using indocyanine green associated with fluorescence in sentinel lymph node biopsy.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Sentinel lymph node biopsy is the technique recommended for the axillary staging of patients with breast cancer in the initial stages without clinical axillary involvement. Three techniques are widely used globally to detect sentinel lymph nodes: patent blue, the radiopharmaceutical technetium 99 with gamma probe, and the combination of these two.

Objectives

To evaluate the sentinel lymph node detection rate with an innovative technique: indocyanine green (ICG) associated with fluorescence in breast cancer patients, and compare it with patent blue and a combination of patent blue and indocyanine green.

Methods

99 patients were sequentially (not randomly) allocated into 3 arms with 33 patients submitted to sentinel lymph node techniques. One arm underwent

SUBMITTER: da Silva Sa R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10599532 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature