Ultrasound-assisted CNSs Mapping Versus Dual-tracer-guided Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy

The study was a single-center, open-label, randomized controlled, non-inferiority, phase 3 trial. Eligible participants were 18 year's of age or older and had histologically confirmed primary invasive breast cancer, or ductal carcinoma in situ scheduled for mastectomy, without clinical or radiological nodal involvement (cN0) or with clinical positive lymph nodes (cN1) that were downstaged to cN0 following neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT); and had an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status score of 0 or 1. Participants were randomly assigned (1:1) using a permuted block randomization scheme to receive either ultrasound-assisted CNSs (UC group) or CNSs plus ICG dual-tracer-guided (GC group) SLN mapping.