Extrait

To determine whether the magnetic technique (involving the magnetic tracer and magnetometer) can be used instead of the standard 'dual' technique (blue dye and radioactive injection) to locate lymph nodes during breast cancer surgery.

Critère d'inclusion

• Many women with breast cancer undergo sentinel lymph node biopsy in order to identify if the breast cancer has spread (metastasis) to the lymph nodes. This study is aimed at evaluating a new magnetic technique for identifying and localising the lymph nodes during sentinel lymph node biopsy

Liens

• isrctn
• ictrp
• euctr
• ictrp