Epidemiological studies do not provide conclusive evidence justifying the recommendation of specific prevention strategies. Thus, efforts to improve the numbers related to breast cancer are directed towards the early diagnosis, resulting in a decrease of administrative treatment aggressiveness and a mortality rate reduction. Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy, in breast cancer surgical treatment as initial stagin...
VASQUES, Paulo Henrique Diógenes et al. Comparison between hemosiderin and Technetium-99 in sentinel lymph node biopsy in human breast cancer. Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira, São Paulo,v. 30, n. 11, p. 785-790, 2015.; PURPOSE: To assess the safety and potential equivalence of the use of hemosiderin compared to the Technetium-99 in sentinel lymph node biopsy in human breast cancer. METHODS: Non-random sample of 14 vo...