• World J Surg Oncol · Oct 2016

    Intraoperative indocyanine green fluorescence guidance for excision of nonpalpable breast cancer.

    • Jintao Liu, Wenbin Guo, and Meng Tong.
    • Department of Surgery, The Breast Center, Dalian Central Hospital, Dalian Medical University, No. 826, Xinan Road, Shahekou District, Dalian, 116033, China.
    • World J Surg Oncol. 2016 Oct 18; 14 (1): 266.

    BackgroundDifferent techniques have been used for the guidance of nonpalpable breast cancer (NBC), but none of them has yet achieved perfect results. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of indocyanine green (ICG) fluorescence-guided nonpalpable breast cancer lesion excision (IFNLE), to introduce an alternative technique.MethodsThe data about 56 patients with preoperatively diagnosed NBCs operated with the help of intraoperative IFNLE between November of 2010 and September of 2014 were retrospectively analyzed.ResultsICG fluorescence localized all lesions at surgery. Re-excision due to positive resection margins was necessary in two patients (3.6 %; 2/56) with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) at the surgical margins. Mastectomy was necessary in one patient (1.8 %; 1/56) due to multifocal invasive carcinoma. The mean volume of the excised tissue was 38.2 ± 16.5 cm3.ConclusionsIFNLE is a technically applicable and clinically acceptable procedure whenever a breast cancer needs image-guided excision.

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