Sentinel lymph node detection through radioguided surgery in patients with breast cancer
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Radioguided sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer surgery.
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. Therefore, the first lymph node met (the sentinel node) will most likely be the first to be affected by metastasis, and a negative sentinel node makes it highly unlikely that other nodes are affected. Because ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1516-8913
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-89132008000700010