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B E Schaafsma1, F P R Verbeek, A A W Peters, J R van der Vorst, C D de Kroon, M I E van Poelgeest, J B M Z Trimbos, C J H van de Velde, J V Frangioni, A L Vahrmeijer, K N Gaarenstroom.
Abstract
This study aims to confirm the feasibility of near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging for sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy in vulvar cancer and to compare the tracer indocyanine green (ICG) bound to human serum albumin (HSA) versus ICG alone. Women received 99mTc-nanocolloid and patent blue for SLN detection. Subsequently, women randomly received ICG:HSA or ICG alone. In 24 women, 35 SLNs were intraoperatively detected. All SLNs detected were radioactive and NIR fluorescent and 27 (77%) were blue. No significant difference was found between ICG:HSA and ICG alone. This trial confirms the feasibility of NIR fluorescence imaging for SLN mapping in vulvar cancer.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23418877 PMCID: PMC3622799 DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12173
Source DB: PubMed Journal: BJOG ISSN: 1470-0328 Impact factor: 6.531