Gynaecomastia
breastoncocare
November 28, 2018
As the name suggests, gynaecomastia refers to an abnormal enlargement of the male breasts. Normally, men tend to have some amount of breast tissue, which
Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping
A specialised procedure, Sentinel lymph node mapping came into existence to minimise the morbidity arising out of a conventional complete axillary dissection.
SLNB is based on the concept that the axillary lymph nodes are like sentinels/guards of our body which stand against the invasion of breast cancer. Hence, isolation and examination of these nodes is a good marker of the spread of the disease to the axilla.
A non involved sentinel lymph node implies that the breast cancer has not spread to the axilla and hence a conventional axillary dissection can be avoided in such a patient.