Abstract:Aim: Assess the role of hybrid modality SPECT/CT versus planar scintigraphy in sentinel lymph node (SLN) identification in patients with breast cancer. Methods: Planar scintigraphy and hybrid modality SPECT/CT were performed in 23 women with breast cancer (mean age 59.5 years with range 25 -82 years) with invasive breast cancer (T0, T1 and T2), without clinical evidence of axillary lymph node metastases (N0) and no remote metastases (M0), radiocolloid was injected in four subareolar sites. Planar and SPECT/CT … Show more
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