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99mTc-Phytate Is Better than 99mTc-Human Serum Albumin as a Radioactive Tracer for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Breast Cancer

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Purpose

Several radioactive agents are used for sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in breast cancer, but we are still unsure which of these is best. We retrospectively compared the effectiveness of two radioactive agents, 99mTc-phytate and 99mTc-human serum albumin (HSA), when used in combination with blue dye.

Methods

A consecutive series of 533 clinically node-negative patients with a collective 539 breast carcinomas were divided into two groups for treatment with SLNB. The HSA-group consisted of 264 patients (with a collective 266 breast cancers) and the P-group consisted of 269 patients (with a collective 273 breast cancers) treated with 99mTc-HSA and 99mTc-phytate, respectively, in combination with blue dye. We analyzed the identification and radioactivity of SLNs in the two groups.

Results

The identification rate of SLN was significantly higher in the P-group than in the HSA-group. The same results were produced by analysis using the radioactive agent alone, but not by using the blue dye alone. Most importantly, the highest radioactivity of SLNs per case was more than five times higher in the P-group than in the HSA-group, and this difference was significant.

Conclusion

Our historical analysis of the two radioactive agents used in different periods could not exclude the influence of the improved skill of the surgeons. However, because the specific accumulation of phytate in SLNs was greater than that of HSA, phytate might result in a higher SLN identification rate. Thus, 99mTc-phytate is better than 99mTc-HSA as a radioactive agent for SLNB in breast cancer.

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  1. Division of Breast Surgery, Saitama Cancer Center, 818 Komuro, Ina-machi, Kitaadachi, Saitama, 362-0806, Japan

    Hiroyuki Takei, Kimito Suemasu, Jun Ninomiya & Yoshio Horii

  2. Department of Pathology, Saitama Cancer Center, 818 Komuro, Ina-machi, Kitaadachi, Saitama, 362-0806, Japan

    Masafumi Kurosumi

  3. Division of Breast Oncology, Saitama Cancer Center, 818 Komuro, Ina-machi, Kitaadachi, Saitama, 362-0806, Japan

    Kenichi Inoue & Toshio Tabei

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Takei, H., Suemasu, K., Kurosumi, M. et al. 99mTc-Phytate Is Better than 99mTc-Human Serum Albumin as a Radioactive Tracer for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Breast Cancer. Surg Today 36, 219–224 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-005-3128-y

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