NON-VISUALIZED SENTINEL NODE IN RADIOLCOLLOID IMAGING IN BREAST CANCER PATIENTS SCHEDULED FOR PER-OPERATIVE AXILLARY NODAL BIOPSY; A CLINICAL AUDIT AT TERTIARY CARE FACILITY.

Autor:	Fatima, Nosheen, Saleem, Sadaf, Ahmad, Imran Ameer, Javed, Ali, Hameed, Noureen, uz Zaman, Maseeh
Předmět:	SENTINEL lymph nodes BREAST cancer BREAST imaging CANCER patients TERTIARY care
Zdroj:	Pakistan Journal of Radiology; Jan-Mar2024, Vol. 34 Issue 1, p23-25, 3p
Abstrakt:	Non-visualization of sentinel node (nv-SN) in breast cancer patients with clinically negative axilla (using radiolabeled colloid and or blue dye) is associated with less favorable survival than visualized nodes (v-SN). The reasons for nv-SN could be improper mapping technique or patient plus disease related factors like obesity, large tumor or extensive nodal disease. Regular clinical audit of facilities performing SN mapping is important to mitigate the avoidable technical factor of non-visualization of sentinel node. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze:	Complementary Index
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