Improvement in intramammary sentinel lymph node removal using a novel prototype hand held probe during breast conservative surgery.

Date publication

février 2005

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr CHENARD Marie-Pierre , Pr MATHELIN Carole , Dr TOMASETTO Catherine

Tous les auteurs :
Mathelin C, Tomasetto C, Rio MC, Chenard MP, Brettes JP, Guyonnet JL

Lien Pubmed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15754130

Résumé

Intramammary sentinel lymph node excision during breast conservative surgery was performed, in this case report, using a prototype intraoperative gamma probe. In contrast to the four axillary sentinel lymph nodes that were subnormal, the excised intramammary sentinel lymph node was massively invaded by cancer cells. Therefore this finding had profound implication for the staging of the tumor and for treatment selection. This case report illustrates that an efficient intraoperative gamma probe is useful to locate and remove intramammary sentinel lymph node in breast cancer patients treated with breast conservation.

Référence

Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2005 Feb;89(3):305-8.