Sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer: What a physician should know, a decade after its introduction in clinical practice: Feature and review paper

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 318-321

  Sakorafas, G H ^a,b   Peros, G ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Breast; Breast conservation surgery; Cancer; Lymphoscintigraphy; Minimally invasive techniques

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FUCHSINE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; ROSANILINE DYES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34250853633     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: 13652354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2006.00762.x     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Cox C.E., Pendas S., Cox J.M., Joseph E., Shons A.R., Yeatman T., Ku N.N., Lyman G.H., Berman C., Haddad F. Reintgen D.S. (1998) Guidelines for sentinel node biopsy and lymphatic mapping of patients with breast cancer. Annals of Surgery 227, 645 653.
2. Guliano A.E. (2001) Current status of sentinel lymphadenectomy in breast cancer. Annals of Surgery Oncology 8, 52S 55S.
3. Kelley M.C., Hansen N. McMasters K.M. (2004) Lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymphadenectomy for breast cancer. American Journal of Surgery 188, 49 61.
4. Mansel R.E., Fallowfield L., Kissin M., Goyal A., Newcombe R.G., Dixon J.M., Yiangou C., Horgan K., Bundred M., Monypenny I., England D., Sibbering M., Abdullah T.I., Barr L., Chetty U., Sinnett D.H., Flessig A., Clarke D. Ell P.J. (2006) Randomized multicenter trial of sentinel node biopsy versus standard axillary treatment in operable breast cancer: the ALMANAC trial. Journal of the National Cancer Institute 98, 599 609.
5. Peeters K.C. van de Velde C.J. (2003) Surgical quality assurance in breast, gastric and rectal cancer. Journal of Surgery Oncology 84, 107 112.
6. Rubio I.T. Klimberg V.S. (2001) Techniques of sentinel lymph node biopsy. Seminars in Surgery Oncology 20, 214 223.
7. Sakorafas G.H. Tsiotou A.G. (2000) Sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer. American Surgery 66, 667 674.
8. Sakorafas G.H. Farley D.R. (2003) Breast Conservation Therapy for Breast Cancer; Atlas of Therapeutic Intervention. Monograph (e-book), Digital Content S.A., Athens. Available at: http://www.e-bookshop.gr (p. 120).
9. Sakorafas G.H., Geraghty J. Pavlakis G. (2004) The clinical significance of axillary lymph node micrometastases in breast cancer. European Journal of Surgery Oncology 30, 807 816.