A Study of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Early Breast Cancer using Methylene Blue in a Teritary Care Hospital in South India
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Background: Sentinel lymph node biopsy in early breast cancer performed by intraparenchymal or intradermal injection of blue dye and/or radioactive colloid remains a highly acceptable method of identifying sentinel nodes largely because of its success rate. Aim: 1. To assess the efficacy of sentinel lymph node biopsy in detecting axillary metastases in cases of node negative early breast cancer. Material and Method: The study material consisted of 109 women with early breast cancer in stage T1/T2N0M0 who underwent modified radical mastectomy along with sentinel lymph node biopsy after subareolar injection of methylene blue dye at Dept. of General Surgery, SVRR Govt. General Hospital, Tirupati (AP). Results: This study showed that this simplified technique of identifying the sentinel nodes has sufficiently high identification rate.
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