NCT00417495

Sentinel Lymph Node Technique in Multifocal Breast Cancer

Interest of Sentinel Lymph Node Technique in Women With a Multifocal Breast Cancer - IGASSU-0502

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 216 (actual)
• Sponsor: Centre Oscar Lambret · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The scope of this trial is to assess the Sentinel Lymph Node Technique in Multifocal Breast Cancer

Detailed description

The sentinel lymph node is located preferentially by: * association of subareolar injection of technecium and blue dye * or, in case of blue dye allergy, by the subareolar injection of technecium only * or, in case of no possibility of radioactive isotope subareolar injection , by blue dye injection only This procedures are made the day before the surgery or the day of the surgery * This procedure is immediately follows by complete axillary dissection during breast surgery * The anatomopathologic analysis of the 2 samples (sentinel lymph node and axillary dissection) and the histologic confirmation on the removed tumor of the multifocal nature of the breast cancer correspond to the end of the study for the patient.

Conditions

• Breast Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Sentinel Lymph Node Technique

Timeline

• Start date: 2006-03-01
• Primary completion: 2010-08-13
• Completion: 2010-08-13
• First posted: 2007-01-01
• Last updated: 2026-03-16

Locations

20 sites across 1 country: France