The Evaluation and Optimization of Intraoperative Touch Imprint Cytology for Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Early‐stage Breast Cancer in China

Abstract

Multiple cross-sectional TIC is superior to the standard protocol, especially due to its ability to locate macrometastasis. Limiting intraoperative TIC to the first three harvested SLNs in the diagnosis of SLN metastasis may make this diagnostic procedure significantly cheaper and easier for pathologists to perform.