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SUBMITTER: Vermersch C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6502840 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vermersch Charlotte C Raia-Barjat Tiphaine T Chapelle Céline C Lima Suzanne S Chauleur Céline C
Scientific reports 20190506 1
Use of both patent blue and a radioisotope to locate, and reduce the risk of sentinel lymph node (SLN) detection failure in breast cancer is recommended, but drawbacks commonly lead to using only a radioisotope. An alternative method would therefore be valuable. This randomized, controlled study in 99 patients compared SLN detection using <sup>99m</sup>technetium (Tc) alone versus Tc combined with indocyanine green (ICG). The primary endpoint was the SLN identification rate. The primary outcome ...[more]