MASTOLOGISTS - SURGEONS - PAPAZOGLOU GEORGE - BREAST SU

Breast Surgeon - Mastology - Mammography in Kifisia.

A very large percentage of women with breast cancer can escape surgery radical removal of axillary lymph nodes , if subjected to a method of detecting tumor cells in a specific node called " sentinel " lymph node .

With this method the surgeon breast detect whether the cancer has metastasized to the lymph nodes when the patient has to undergo surgery lymphadenectomy . However, if the sentinel lymph node is negative , no detectable tumor cells from the primary tumor , the patient does not need to be removed and the remaining lymph nodes.

The problem with this cleaning operation of all lymph nodes , is the major morbidity of patients after surgery usually exhibit lymphedema upper end . A situation which in many cases can progress to disability of the hand. The method of sentinel lymph node although it is known in recent years in our country , but not you apply large percentage of women suffering from breast cancer.