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Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy for Breast Cancer
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Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women. Surgical treatment is instrumental in achieving control of the cancer with high cure rates. Assessment of the axillary lymph nodes is an important step in the surgical treatment of breast cancer. A significant advancement in the evaluation of lymph node status in breast cancer is the sentinel lymph node biopsy technique.
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What is Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
 Staging of the lymph nodes of the axilla is an important part of surgical treatment of breast cancer. Staging is essential to allow tailored treatment for each patient.
Sentinel lymph node biopsy involves the use of modern advanced technology to identify the first lymph node in the axilla to contain cancer if the cancer were to have spread to the axilla. Most people have 1-3 sentinel lymph nodes. If the sentinel lymph node is negative for cancer, then there is no need to routinely remove all the axilla lymph nodes. If the sentinel lymph node contains cancer, then all the lymph nodes will need to be removed as there is a significant chance of further lymph nodes in the axilla containing cancer.
A patient who undergoes sentinel lymph node biopsy will not suffer the complications of arm pain, stiffness, numbness or swelling that may occur in women who have all the axilla lymph nodes removed. |
Who it is for
Sentinel lymph node biopsy is suitable for patients with early breast cancer, with no clinical evidence of cancer involving the axilla lymph nodes. In our experience, most women with early breast cancers will be suitable for this technique. |
Our treatment centre
KK Breast Centre, KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) |
KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Dedicated Centre
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| The KK Breast Centre is the only centre in Singapore dedicated to the management of only breast diseases including cancer. Our doctors are fully committed in the work they do. |
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State-of-the-art technology
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The KK Breast Centre possesses a full array of cutting edge equipment to manage a wide variety of breast conditions. They include a Computed Radiography technology for mammography combined with Computer Aided Detection (CAD), bedside ultrasonography, new high quality ultrasound breast using the latest state-of-the-art digital ultrasound equipment and image-guided minimally invasive procedures.
KKH is the first in the world to use the FDA approved digital mammography system with CAD. Computer Radiography technology for mammography combined with CAD is superior to traditional film mammography. It enables more cancers to be detected earlier and is significantly more accurate in detecting cancer in women younger than 50 years old, women with dense or extremely dense breasts, and premenopausal and perimenopausal women. |
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Multidisciplinary Care
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| We have a dedicated team consisting of surgeons, radiologists, radiographers, sonographers, pathologists, medical and radiation oncologists, nurse clinicians and physiotherapists that provides tailored multidisciplinary care for our breast cancer patients. |
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