[Marking of non-palpable changes in breast tissue].
The Danish national mammography screening programme leads to identification of an increased number of small non-palpable breast tumours, suitable for breast-conserving surgery. Accurate lesion localization is therefore important. The current standard is wire-guided localization and although effective it involves a risk of high rates of positive margin and re-operations. New methods are emerging and radioactive seed localization (RSL) seems promising with regards to re-operation rates and logistics. In RSL a small titanium seed containing radioactive iodine is used to mark the lesion.
Brystkirurgisk Klinik, Rigshospitalet, Afsnit 3104, 2100 København Ø, Denmark. Linnea.langhans@rh.regionh.dk
Linnea
L
Langhans
Thomas S
TS
Vejborg
Ilse
I
Vejborg
Niels
N
Kroman
D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D005720:Gamma Rays; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D008327:Mammography; D008403:Mass Screening; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental / Q000379:methods*; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods; D010173:Palpation; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary / Q000379:methods
D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid