• Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400042, P. R. China;
LI Hongyuan, Email: hongy_li@hotmail.com
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Objective To summarize the progress of the researches about nano-carbon tattoo in targeted lymph node dissection of breast cancer. Method The relevant studies on the application of nano-carbon tattoo to target lymph nodes in the breast cancer at home and abroad were searched and the feasibility and shortcomings of this method were summarized. Result From the studies reported, the nano-carbon tattoo method had a high detection rate (64.0%–100%) and coincidence rate (55.0%–100%), as well as a lower false negative rate (0.0%–9.1%) in the labeling of breast cancer targeted lymph nodes. Conclusions The nano-carbon tattoo method is a useful, simple, and safe in the labeling of targeted lymph nodes in breast cancer. But the specific implementation scheme of this method, such as the optimal labeling dosage, the number of labeled lymph nodes, and the improvement of patients’ quality of life are still unclear, which still needs more large-scale prospective research to verify.

Citation: XU Jiawei, GONG Junge, LI Hongyuan. Research progress of carbon tattoo in targeted lymph node dissection after neoadjuvant therapy for breast cancer. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2024, 31(7): 892-896. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.202312080 Copy