Clinical significance of carbon nanoparticles in breast cancer lymphadenectomy

VernacularTitle:纳米炭在乳腺癌改良根治术中的临床应用价值
Author: Huiming LIU ; Honghua DING ; Lulu YAN ; Shijiang LIU ; Liping ZHENG ; Cuiyun LIU
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Nanotubes,carbon; Lymph node excision; Breast neoplasms; Mastectomy,modified radical
From: Chinese Journal of Primary Medicine and Pharmacy 2016;23(13):1967-1969
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To evaluate the clinical application value of active carbon nanoparticles to guide breast cancer tiny lymphadenectomy.Methods 50 patients with breast cancer were enrolled in the study and were divided into two groups by random number table.Active carbon particle was injected locally to guide the regional lymph nodes dissection in 25 cases as study group,and the traditional method was performed in 25 cases as observation group.Numbers of dissected lymph nodes were compared between two groups.Results The average number of eliminated small lymph nodes in the study group was dramatically more than that in the observation group[(23.60 ±4.61)vs. (14.60 ±5.16),t =3.47,P <0.05].There was significant difference between the study group and the observation group in the small ambulant lymph nodes[(5.80 ±1.49)vs.(2.89 ±1.66),t =2.91,P <0.05)].Conclusion Active carbon injected locally can eliminate not only more small lymph nodes,but also more small ambulant lymph nodes.