The concept of sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer surgery relates to the fact that
the tumor drains in a logical way through the lymphatic system, from the first to upper levels …

The procedure of sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with malignant cutaneous
melanoma has evolved from the notion that the tumor drains in a logical way through the …

Purpose The accurate harvesting of a sentinel node in breast cancer includes a sequence of
procedures with components from different medical specialities, including nuclear medicine …

Background: Management of clinically occult breast lesions is still a major point of debate.
Several techniques (eg, skin projection, guidewire localization) have been proposed, but all …

Background Lymphoscintigraphy (LS) and sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) have
typically been contraindicated for pregnant patients diagnosed with breast cancer because …

Background It is important to optimize the localization technique for non‐palpable breast
lesions. Methods One hundred consecutive women with non‐palpable breast lesions were …

Content Procedure guidelines for scintigraphic detection of sentinel node in breast cancer
are presented. Authors The paper was written by several experts in this field on behalf of the …

Background One of the most exciting and talked about new surgical techniques in breast
cancer surgery is the sentinel lymph node biopsy. It is an alternative procedure to standard …

Biophotonic imaging has revolutionized the operation room by providing surgeons
intraoperative image-guidance to diagnose tumors more efficiently and to resect tumors with …

BACKGROUND: Sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer can be used to select patients
in which axillary lymph node dissection could be avoided. In this study we compared the …