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Volume 10 Supplement 3

Symposium Mammographicum 2008

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The developing role of mammographers in performing sentinel node injections in a specialist breast care centre

The purpose of the present poster is to highlight the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of a mammographer-led sentinel node injection session within a specialist breast care centre. The axillary lymph node status provides the most important staging information and offers improved regional control. Sentinel lymph node biopsy has been reported as providing a safe and sensitive method of predicting axillary metastases and can help prevent unnecessary axillary surgery in a number of breast cancer patients [1]. Sentinel node injections have developed into a significant aspect of the mammographer's role expansion and have become fundamental in a specialised breast care centre. Utilisation of mammographer's skills in an extended role has increased motivation and job satisfaction and has provided career enhancement. Mammo-grapher-led sentinel node injection sessions have reduced the inpatient stay, improved the patient's journey and reduced the dose of radioisotope given to the patient.

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  1. Giuliano AE, Dale PS, Turner RR, Morton DL, Evans SW, Krasne DL: Improved axillary staging of breast cancer with sentinel lymphadenopathy. Ann Surg. 1995, 222: 394-401. 10.1097/00000658-199509000-00016.

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Kelly, A., Kelly, A. & Kopman, J. The developing role of mammographers in performing sentinel node injections in a specialist breast care centre. Breast Cancer Res 10 (Suppl 3), P56 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1186/bcr2054

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