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Did you know surgeons can find the very first lymph node that breast cancer might spread to, just by using a blue dye and a small radioactive tracer? 👀 It’s like a GPS system for cancer cells.

When performing a sentinel lymph node biopsy, we inject a tiny amount of blue dye and a radioactive tracer near the tumor. These substances travel through the lymphatic channels, the same pathways cancer cells would take if they spread.

The first lymph nodes that absorb the dye and tracer are called sentinel nodes—because they ‘stand guard.’

During surgery, we use a special detector to locate those nodes and remove just a few of them for testing.

💡Here’s what’s game-changing. We no longer have to remove every single lymph node like we did years ago.

It’s precision surgery that protects both your health and your quality of life.

💭 “Science is evolving — and so is the way we care for women with breast cancer. If you or someone you love were facing surgery, would you want the least invasive option that still gives doctors the answers they need?

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