The value of combined peritumoral and subdermal injection techniques for lymphoscintigraphy in detection of sentinel lymph node in breast cancer.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the success rate of combined peritumoral and subdermal injection techniques based on our previous experience on different injection techniques for lymphoscintigraphy.

Patients And Methods: Fifty-nine women with early breast cancer (mean tumor size, 20.5 mm) were prospectively studied.