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: Sugie, Tomoharu, Kassim, Kassim Abdelazeem, Takeuchi, Megumi, Hashimoto, Takashi, Yamagami, Kazuhiko, Masai, Yoshikazu, Toi, Masakazu
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2010
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3835100/