Pilot evaluation of minimally invasive needle-biopsy of sentinel nodes as compared to surgical removal
S Paepke, R Ohlinger, M Hahn, I Gruber, J Blohmer, T Kühn, M Thill · Senologie - Zeitschrift für Mammadiagnostik und -therapie · 2015 · Heft 05
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Zusammenfassung
Einleitung/Zielsetzung: As pre-trial test phase of the MinimalSNB study, 38 breast cancer patients (6 centers) were taken a needle-biopsy of their sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) under guidance of SPECT/US (SentiGuide by SurgicEye, Munich, Deutschland). All patients were indicated for a surgical SLN biopsy which was performed immediately after the needle-biopsy. Material & Methoden: For the test phase, 4 different biopsy systems were tested: HistoCore 14G (BIP, Tuerkenfeld, Deutschland), elite 10G and 13G (Mammotome, Cincinnati, OH, USA) and CASSI II 10G (Scion Medical Technologies, Newton, MA, USA). Histopathologic…
