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Do you use the NM lymphoscintigram during sentinel node identification to decide whether to treat the internal mammary nodes?

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Radiation Oncology · Varian Medical Systems/Allegheny health network

NM lymphoscintigram is hardly done now a days for breast SNLN procedure. Besides since injection is not done in the tumor area but in periareolar area the migration of dye to internal mammary area is limited and hard to detect

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