The Application of 1% Methylene Blue Dye As a Single Technique in Breast Cancer Sentinel Node BiopsyBayu Brahma 1, Rizky I. Putri 2, Lenny Sari 2, Ramadhan Karsono 1, Denni J. Purwanto 1, Walta Gautama 1, Bob Andinata 1, Samuel J Haryono 1
1Department of Surgical Oncology, Dharmais Cancer Hospital, 2Department of Anatomical Pathology, Dharmais Cancer Hospital
In Indonesia, sentinel node biopsy (SNB) is not routinely performed for breast cancer surgery because of the limitation to provide radioisotope tracer and isosulfan or patent blue dye (PBD). To overcome this obstacle, we applied 1% methylene blue dye (MBD) as a single agent to map the sentinel nodes (SNs).
