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ANTICANCER RESEARCH
Volume 40, Issue 1, Pages 315-321Publisher
INT INST ANTICANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.21873/anticanres.13955
Keywords
Magnetic seeds; radiofrequency identification tags; nonwire localisation
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- Breast Cancer Hope Foundation (London, UK)
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Background: Wire-guided localisation ( WGL) remains the most widely used technique to guide surgical excision of non-palpable breast lesions worldwide. However, recent technological advances have led to the advent of less invasive radiation-free localisation methods to overcome the limitations of WGL. Patients and Methods: This study prospectively evaluated the role of two radiation-free nonwire localisation methods. Magnetic seeds (n=16) and radiofrequency tags (n=6) were deployed under imaging guidance to guide the surgical excision in 19 consecutive patients. Results: The identification/retrieval and migration rates were 100% and 4.5%, respectively. Twenty-one out of 22 (95.5%) cases had clear surgical margins and no complications were observed. All radiologists and the surgeon rated these methods as being much better than wire localisation. Patient satisfaction data were recorded using a linear visual analogue scale (n= 10/19). The mean score was 9.7/10 (range=8-10). Conclusion: Our study provides further evidence that radiation-free wireless breast localisation is an effective alternative to WGL.
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