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Can methylene blue dye be used as an alternative to patent blue dye to find the sentinel lymph node in breast cancer surgery?

BACKGROUND: Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is standard care to evaluate axillary involvement in early breast cancer. It has fewer complications than complete lymph node dissection; however, using blue dye in SLNB is controversial. We have evaluated the detection rate and local complications assoc...

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Autores principales: Fattahi, Asieh Sadat, Tavassoli, Alireza, Rohbakhshfar, Omid, Sadeghi, Ramin, Abdollahi, Abbas, Forghani, Mohammad Naser
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4274565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25538772