title: Internal mammary lymphoscintigraphy in the conservative surgical management of breast carcinoma.
abstract: Radiocolloid internal mammary lymphoscintigrams were carried out in 249 women who had undergone partial mastectomy. Only 39 patients, or 15%, had axillary sampling; of these, 19 were positive. At last follow-up, a minimum of two years from the date of study, the overall recurrence rate was 67% for patients with an abnormal lymphoscintigram and 34% for those with a normal lymphoscintigram. Actuarial survival rates projected to five years indicate a statistically significant difference in the prognostic implications of the normal and abnormal internal mammary lymphoscintigram, with 83 and 59% survival rates, respectively.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001940:Breast; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging