Immediate dynamic lymphoscintigraphy delivers no additional value to lymphoscintigraphy 3 hr after tracer injection in sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer patients

Abstract

The only impact of immediate lymphoscintigraphy was the possible omission of removal of 1-2 sec-echelon nodes per patient in 5% of patients. We consider this yield too low to continue immediate lymphoscintigraphy in breast cancer patients.