Open AccessRolling out radioguided occult lesion localisation for breast tumours
Author(s) -
Chung David K. V.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of medical radiation sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 2051-3909
pISSN - 2051-3895
DOI - 10.1002/jmrs.94
Subject(s) - occult , medicine , sentinel lymph node , biopsy , radiology , lesion , sentinel node , surgical excision , lymph node , medical physics , surgery , breast cancer , pathology , cancer , alternative medicine
Radioguided occult lesion localisation (ROLL) is a simple but effective method of localising impalpable breast tumours for surgical excision. It utilises radiotracers and equipment already available in surgical units performing sentinel lymph node biopsy. Once the operators familiarise themselves with the technique, ROLL can substitute for needle wire localisation.