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Article: Periareolar Injection and the Sentinel Node in Breast Cancer.
- Article from:
- Clinical Oncology Alert
- Article date:
- June 1, 2002
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Periareolar Injection and the Sentinel Node in Breast Cancer
Abstract & Commentary
Synopsis: A comparison between the standard peritumoral injection site and the periareolar site showed a possible advantage for the latter in identifying the sentinel lymph node in breast cancer. The technique may also be easier to perform.
Source: Shimazu K, et al. Surgery. 2002;131:277-286.
The development of the sentinel lymph node (sln) technique has been a major advance in the area of cancer care. For breast cancer patients, the most widely accepted technique uses a peritumoral injection. Recently, a newer approach using a periareolar injection has ...