The use of indocyanine green and technetium-99 for dual-tracer sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer
This study demonstrates that SLN identification rates using ICG and Tc<sup>99</sup> are comparable to those using blue dye and Tc<sup>99</sup>. Thus, ICG is a suitable alternative for blue dye. Future work should assess if ICG is a suitable tracer for SLNB in low-resource settings where Tc<sup>99</sup> is not available.
Authors
- Todd M. Tuttle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6603-2062)
- Qianyun Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9453-8279)
- Madison Kolbow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7739-6547)
- Schelomo Marmor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0880-2721)
- Sydne Muratore
- Jane Yuet Ching Hui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2628-0720)
- Jennifer Witt
- Andrew W. Grande (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6474-7969)
Institutions
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Liga Contra el Cancer (PE)
- MNGI Digestive Health (US)
- University of Minnesota Medical Center (US)
- USTA Intermountain Colorado (US)
- Minnesota Oncology (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
- Published
- 2025-06-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-025-07767-7
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.68