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Trial reportWorld journal of surgery2018

Prospective Randomized Trial of Use of In-House Prepared Low-Cost Radiopharmaceutical Versus Commercial Radiopharmaceutical for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Patients with Early Stage Invasive Breast Cancer.

Gaurav Agarwal, Sendhil Rajan, Sabaretnam Mayilvaganan, Anjali Mishra, Narendra Krishnani, Sanjay Gambhir

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in World journal of surgery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gaurav AgarwalDepartment of Endocrine and Breast Surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Raebarely Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226014, India. gaurav@sgpgi.ac.in.ORCID 0000-0003-4194-2670
Sendhil RajanDepartment of Endocrine and Breast Surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Raebarely Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226014, India.
Sabaretnam MayilvagananDepartment of Endocrine and Breast Surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Raebarely Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226014, India.
Anjali MishraDepartment of Endocrine and Breast Surgery, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Raebarely Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, 226014, India.
Narendra KrishnaniDepartment of Pathology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Sanjay GambhirDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe current standard-of-care for surgical staging of the axilla in clinically node-negative (N0) early breast cancers is sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB), which requires expensive radiopharmaceuticals for efficacious results. In-house produced low-cost radiopharmaceuticals may be the solution and have shown efficacy in earlier observational/pilot studies. We compared SLNB using in-house prepared radiopharmaceutical ( STUDY

design78 clinically N0 early breast cancer patients (T1/2, N0 stages), undergoing primary surgery were prospectively randomized 1:1 into two groups; to receive SLNB using methylene blue, and either

resultsThe groups were comparable with regard to age, stage, tumour size, hormone receptors and HER2neu status. Cost of the in-house prepared

conclusionIn this prospective randomized trial on early breast cancer patients, accuracy of SLNB was comparable using in-house prepared,

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RadiopharmaceuticalsAntimonyBreast NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Ductal, BreastFemaleHumansIndicators and ReagentsMethylene BlueMiddle AgedProspective StudiesRadionuclide ImagingSentinel Lymph Node BiopsySulfurTechnetium CompoundsAntimonyIndicators and ReagentsMethylene BlueRadiopharmaceuticalsSulfurTechnetium Compounds

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PMID29383426
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