Cox, Karina http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1140-9333
Dineen, Nicky
Taylor-Phillips, Sian
Sharma, Nisha
Harper-Wynne, Catherine
Allen, Deborah
Weeks, Jennifer
Chalmers, Ritchie
Akolekar, Deepika
Burcombe, Russell
Jyothirmayi, Rema
Sever, Ali
Article History
Received: 24 July 2020
Accepted: 28 September 2020
First Online: 7 October 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: All the authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organisation or entity with any financial interest or non-financial interest in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in this study. Following a trial period (Kent REC Reference Numbers: 04/Q1801/25 and 11/H1101/1, Eudract Number: 2004-002423-41), on the 16th December 2011 the technique using intradermal microbubbles and CEUS to biopsy SLN in breast cancer patients was approved as a new clinical procedure by Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust and became part of the routine diagnostic pathway for patients diagnosed with breast cancer.