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Detection of the sentinel lymph node
| Summary: | In case of breast cancer spread the lymphatic system is the first organ to be infected. This makes this system a good indicator for cancer presence. The spread extension will be decisive in the choice of treatment to be made. When a breast tumor is detected usually two different techniques are employed: the extraction of the totality of the axilla nodes or the biopsy of the sentinel lymph node. The first case is a highly invasive procedure where 10 to 15 nodes are removed (ALND: Axillary Lymph Node Dissection). (...) |
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| Main Authors: | Peralta, Luís |
| Subject: | Breast cancer Lymphatic system Axillary Lymph Node Dissection ALND |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Document type: | article |
| Associated institution: | Universidade de Aveiro Departamento de Electrónica Telecomunicações e Informática |
| Language: | English |
| Origin: | Electrónica e Telecomunicações |
| Summary: | In case of breast cancer spread the lymphatic system is the first organ to be infected. This makes this system a good indicator for cancer presence. The spread extension will be decisive in the choice of treatment to be made. When a breast tumor is detected usually two different techniques are employed: the extraction of the totality of the axilla nodes or the biopsy of the sentinel lymph node. The first case is a highly invasive procedure where 10 to 15 nodes are removed (ALND: Axillary Lymph Node Dissection). (...) |
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