Sentinel node biopsy for Carcinoma breast is for: (A) Early diagnosis of cancer, (B) For staging the tumors, (C) Frozen section, (D) Occult disease detection
Answer is B. Sentinel node biopsy is a surgical procedure used to determine whether cancer has spread beyond a primary tumor into your lymphatic system. It's used most commonly in evaluating breast cancer and melanoma. The sentinel nodes are the first few lymph nodes into which a tumor drains.