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Sentinel Node Mapping: South Shore Regional Hospital

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Oncology, South Shore Regional Hospital

Sentinel lymph node mapping is a procedure that uses radioactive material (tracers and sometimes blue dye) to map (find) the lymph nodes that drain the area of your cancer. The pamphlet explains what sentinel nodes are, and what will happen before, during, and after the procedure.

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