Low-cost solutions incorporated in a standard surgical pathway for early breast cancer: A pilot study

Sanjay Kumar Yadav, Dhananjaya Sharma , Deepti Bala Sharma et al.
Low-cost solutions incorporated in a standard surgical pathway for early breast cancer: A pilot study
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We present the results of incorporation of low-cost solutions to provide a standard surgical care for early breast cancer (EBC) patients. This surgical pathway consists of a low-cost vacuum-assisted core needle biopsy, sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) using low-cost methylene blue and fluorescin dyes under local anesthesia and oncoplastic breast surgery.

Patients assessed as clinically node-negative axilla underwent such treatment. SLNB using low-cost dyes was performed without any complication. Oncoplastic surgical techniques were opted for in 32 patients, and the lumps were all excised with a ∼1-cm all-around margin on the final histopathological examination. Standard breast cancer surgery can be provided in low-resource settings to eligible EBC patients with low-cost solutions.

Read the full article here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36426550/  

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