Non-Sentinel Lymph Node Status and Prognosis of Breast Cancer Patients with Micrometastatic Sentinel Lymph Nodes

2010 ◽  
Vol 45 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 344-349 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Onishi ◽  
H. Jinno ◽  
M. Takahashi ◽  
T. Hayashida ◽  
M. Sakata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Lymph Node ◽  
Sentinel Lymph Node ◽  
Lymph Nodes ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Sentinel Lymph Nodes ◽  
Lymph Node Status ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients ◽  
Node Status ◽  
Sentinel Lymph Node Status

scholarly journals The potential role of SPECT/CT in the preoperative detection of sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer

2011 ◽  
Vol 152 (17) ◽  
pp. 678-688 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoltán Mátrai ◽  
László Tóth ◽  
Toshiaki Saeki ◽  
István Sinkovics ◽  
Mária Gődény ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Lymph Node ◽  
Sentinel Lymph Node ◽  
Lymph Nodes ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Sentinel Lymph Nodes ◽  
Lymph Node Status ◽  
Emission Computed Tomography ◽  
Breast Cancer Patients

Regional lymph node status is the most important prognostic factor in breast cancer. Sentinel lymph node biopsy is the standard method of axillary staging in early breast cancer patients with clinically negative nodes. Preoperative lymphoscintigraphy might support refining biopsy findings by determining the number and location of sentinel lymph nodes. In aged or overweight patients, in the presence of atypical or extra-axillary lymphatic drainage, non-visualized lymph nodes, or sentinel lymph nodes close to the isotope injection site, detection could be aided by a new, hybrid imaging tool: the single-photon emission computed tomography combined with computed tomography (3D SPECT/CT). For the first time in Hungarian language, authors overview the literature: all 14 English-language articles on the implementation of 3D SPECT/CT in sentinel lymph node detection in breast cancer are included. It is concluded that 3D SPECT/CT increases the success rate and quality of preoperative sentinel node identification, and is capable of providing a more accurate staging of breast cancer patients in routine clinical practice. Orv. Hetil., 2011, 152, 678–688.

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