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lymph node biopsy differences?

Breast Cancer | Last Active: Aug 8 10:49am | Replies (13)
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@meeshodge

Thank you Laurie
I am scheduled next week for an US guided lymph node biopsy (2 nodes) on affected breast side. The surgeon did say that when I had my surgery, they would inject a blue dye prior so he could see if anything else was an issue.
To make sure I am understanding correctly, a SN Biopsy is when you have the dye during surgery?

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Laurie, Volunteer Mentor | @roch | Aug 6 8:35am

@meeshodge
Yes, I think normally sentinel biobsy / removal is done during surgery as opposed to while having an ultrasound. Or, at least that was my experience. They biopsied a lymph node prior to surgery that tested positive, so surgeon knew the cancer had spread from breast. At time of surgery (lumpectomy), they injected tracer material and removed two sentinel nodes.

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