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The safety and usefulness of sentinel node biopsy have been established as a standard treatment for breast cancer. In Japan, the indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence method has been developed as an alternative to the dye and radioisotope (RI) methods, which have been used as tracers in many institutions around the world. In this chapter, we outline the actual technique of sentinel lymph node biopsy using ICG fluorescence imaging in breast cancer surgery.
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Tada, M., Sugie, T. (2023). Identification of Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Breast Cancer Surgery. In: Ishizawa, T. (eds) Fluorescence-Guided Surgery. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7372-7_20
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