tive study is necessary if the use of a patient’s own blood as a tattooing method is to become widely accepted as the new standard technique. Furthermore, comparative studies with other new injection materials, such as a pure carbon suspension [8] or iodineactivated indocyanine green [9], may be necessary. This paper proposes a safe and simple method of using a patient’s own blood to localize e...

Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has emerged as an alternative to axillary dissection during breast cancer surgery the last 2 decades. However, there are several controversies regarding indication of sentinel after neoadjuvant chemotherapy which can convert positive nodes negative. The false-negative rate is unacceptably high. This high be decreased by marking and removal procedure in addition...