Bone marrow versus sentinel lymph node involvement in breast cancer: a comparison of early hematogenous and early lymphatic tumor spread

Sentinel lymph node mapping opens a new

Sentinel lymph node mapping opens a new perspective in the surgical management of early-stage breast cancer: A combined approach with vital blue dye lymphatic mapping and radioguided surgery

✍ Giuseppe Canavese; Marco Gipponi; Alessandra Catturich; Carmine Di Somma; Carlo 📂 Article 📅 1998 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 45 KB 👁 2 views

Recent studies have demonstrated the possibility of identifying the sentinel lymph node (sN) as a reliable predictor of axillary lymph node status in both cutaneous melanoma and breast cancer. However, some important issues need further definition: (1) optimization of the technique for intraoperativ