%0 Systematic Review
%T A systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic performance of fluorescein-guided sentinel lymph node biopsy in early breast cancer.
%A Yadav SK
%A Bharath S
%A Sharma D
%A Srivastava A
%A Jha CK
%A Agarwal G
%A Khadka S
%A Singh M
%A Shekhar S
%A Goyal A
%J Breast Cancer Res Treat
%V 206
%N 1
%D 2024 Jul 26
%M 38668856
%F 4.624
%R 10.1007/s10549-024-07310-0
%X <B>BACKGROUND: </B>Evaluation of axillary lymph nodes status in cN0 axilla is performed by sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) utilizing a combination of radioactive isotope and blue dye or alternative to isotope like Indocyanine green (ICG). Both are very resource-intensive; which has prompted development of low-cost technique of Fluorescein Sodium (FS)-guided SLNB. This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluate the diagnostic performance of FS-guided SLNB in early breast cancer.<BR><B>OBJECTIVE: </B>The objective was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of FS for sentinel lymph node biopsy.<BR><B>METHODS: </B>Eligibility criteria: Studies where SLNB was performed using FS.<BR><B>METHODS: </B>PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane library and online clinical trial registers. Risk of bias: Articles were assessed for risk of bias using the QUADAS-2 tool.<BR><B>RESULTS: </B>The main summary measures were pooled Sentinel Lymph Node Identification Rate (SLN-IR) and pooled False Negative Rate (FNR) using random-effects model.<BR><B>RESULTS: </B>A total of 45 articles were retrieved by the initial systematic search. 7 out of the 45 studies comprising a total of 332 patients were included in the meta-analysis. The pooled SLN-IR was 93.2% (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.87-0.97; 87% to 97%). Five validation studies were included for pooling the false negative rate and included a total of 211 patients. The pooled FNR was 5.6% (95% confidence interval [CI], 2.9-9.07).<BR><B>CONCLUSIONS: </B>Fluorescein-guided SLNB is a viable option for detection of lymph node metastases in clinically node negative patients with early breast cancer. It achieves a high pooled Sentinel Lymph Node Identification Rate (SLN-IR) of 93% with a false negative rate of 5.6% for the detection of axillary lymph node metastasis.