A Novel Method for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy by Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Technique in Breast Cancer

A Novel Method for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy by Indocyanine Green Fluorescence Technique in Breast Cancer

We investigated the feasibility of sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy using indocyanine green (ICG) technique in 411 patients with early breast cancer at three institutes. ICG, a fluorescence source, and blue dye were injected into the subareolar area to enable real-time image-guided surgery and ident...

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Main Authors: Yoshikazu Masai, Kazuhiko Yamagami, Takashi Hashimoto, Megumi Takeuchi, Kassim Abdelazeem Kassim, Tomoharu Sugie, Masakazu Toi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2010-04-01
Series:Cancers
Subjects:
sentinel lymph node
indocyanine green (ICG)
fluorescence
breast cancer
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/2/2/713/

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