Comparative study of indocyanine green combined with blue dye with methylene blue only and carbon nanoparticles only for sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer.
Xingsong QinMuwen YangXinyu ZhengPublished in: Annals of surgical treatment and research (2019)
ICG + MB method was superior to MB only and CN only methods in the mean number of SLNs, thus predicting axillary lymph node metastasis more accurately. Therefore, in areas where the standard method is not available, ICG + MB may be more suitable as an alternative tracer for SLNB.
Keyphrases
- lymph node metastasis
- sentinel lymph node
- lymph node
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- early stage
- squamous cell carcinoma
- fluorescence imaging
- papillary thyroid
- ultrasound guided
- positron emission tomography
- photodynamic therapy
- locally advanced
- computed tomography
- highly efficient
- pet imaging
- young adults
- fine needle aspiration
- breast cancer risk
- walled carbon nanotubes
- light emitting