Comparison of sentinel lymph node biopsy guided by indocyanine green, blue dye, and their combination in breast cancer patients: a prospective cohort study

Comparison of sentinel lymph node biopsy guided by indocyanine green, blue dye, and their combination in breast cancer patients: a prospective cohort study

Abstract Background Recent studies show that near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging using indocyanine green (ICG) has the potential to improve the performance of sentinel lymph node (SLN) mapping. The current cohort study was designed to assess the value of the combination of ICG and methylene blu...

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Main Authors: Jiajia Guo, Houpu Yang, Shu Wang, Yingming Cao, Miao Liu, Fei Xie, Peng Liu, Bo Zhou, Fuzhong Tong, Lin Cheng, Hongjun Liu, Siyuan Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
Subjects:
Breast neoplasm
Indocyanine green
Sentinel lymph node biopsy
Lymphography
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12957-017-1264-7

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