8:30 am - Nuclear medicine for sentinel lymph node mapping
The day of your lymphatic mapping procedure
During your mapping procedure, you will lie in a reclining chair for about 20 minutes. A healthcare provider will give you an injection (shot) of a radioactive liquid called Tc-99m.
They will inject a small amount of the radioactive liquid under your skin near the site of the tumor. This may be the area around your breast, axilla (armpit), or thigh, depending on the kind of cancer you have. You can feel stinging or burning during the injection.
After the injection, you will massage (gently rub) the area of the injection site for 10 minutes. This will help the radioactive liquid travel in your lymphatic fluid to your sentinel lymph node(s).
Then, a technologist will measure the radioactivity from the radioactive liquid that was injected in your body. This will show which lymph node(s) absorbed the radioactive liquid and how much of the liquid was absorbed. The lymph node(s) that absorb the most radioactive liquid are the sentinel lymph node(s).
11:30 am - Surgery start time
4:30 pm - Approximate end time
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