Is massage following dye injection necessary in sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer?

V Shenoy; D Ravichandran; D N L Ralphs

doi:10.1054/brst.2002.0415

Is massage following dye injection necessary in sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer?

Breast. 2002 Jun;11(3):273-4. doi: 10.1054/brst.2002.0415.

Authors

V Shenoy¹, D Ravichandran, D N L Ralphs

Affiliation

¹ Department of General Surgery, Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UK.

PMID: 14965682
DOI: 10.1054/brst.2002.0415

Abstract

In sentinel node biopsy of breast cancer, massaging of the dye injection site following subdermal injection of blue dye does not improve sentinel node detection rate or the time needed for sentinel node biopsy. It may reduce the number of false negative sentinel nodes.