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保衛淋巴結切除術 Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection 保衛淋巴結切除術 This information is given to provide you with an 這份資料提供淋巴結切除 understanding of the procedures you will experience 術的資料和其過程簡介。當證 with the removal of your sentinel lymph node(s). The 實乳癌擴散後，淋巴結是最有 sentinel lymph node(s), is (are) believed to most like- 可能擴散到的位置。淋巴結的 ly contain disease if the cancer has spread from the 活檢可減低因切除太多的腋下 breast to the lymph nodes. Sentinel lymph node bi- 淋巴結而發生併發症的機會， opsy has been developed to decrease the potential 更可以徹底地研究這些切除的 complications of removing multiple lymph nodes 淋巴結。在乳癌手術的過程 from your armpit and to study those lymph nodes 中 ，同時進行活檢和切除較少 more thoroughly. Scientific evaluation of removing 的淋巴結正在用科學方法去評 and testing fewer lymph nodes during breast cancer 估其效果。 surgery is ongoing. You may be asked to partic ipate 現時有幾種方法來找到乳 in a clinical trial. 癌擴散到的淋巴結來定位 ：一 There are several ways to locate the sentinel 個核醫學掃描可被稱為淋巴腺 node: a nuclear medicine scan called lymphoscintig- 掃描定位 ，藍染料法或兩者。 raphy, blue dye or both. Your physician will discuss 你的醫生將討論哪些程序最適 which procedures best match your situation. 合你的病情。 Who is a candidate for this? 誰是合適人選？ If your tumor is 3 cm or less, and your health care 如果你的腫瘤是3 厘米以 providers do not feel cancer in your lymph glands, 內和你的醫務人員用手摸不到 then you can have this procedure. The indications 你有淋巴癌的話 ，那麼你便可 are changing and we have several clinical trials to 以接受這療程。由於適當的使 Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection Bilingual English/ Traditional Chinese improve how we use sentinel lymph node biopsy. 用指標隨時可被更改 ，我們正 有幾個做淋巴結活檢的臨床試