ICG and SLN Mapping

In this study, the sentinel lymph node biopsy will be performed with radioactive tracer (technetium-99 sulfur colloid) and blue dye, which is standard of care. Decisions will be made during surgery about which lymph nodes to remove using information from the radioactive tracer and blue dye alone.

For this research, ICG fluorescence dye during participant's surgery will also be used. After anesthesia has started, the ICG fluorescence dye will be injected in the breast along at the edge of the areola in the same location as the radioactive tracer and blue dye injections. The breast and axilla will then be imaged with the Asimov Imaging Platform to look for the sentinel lymph nodes.

Inclusion criteria

• ≥ 18 years of age
• Diagnosis of clinical T1 or T2 breast cancer clinically node negative breast cancer requiring surgical lymph node evaluation
• Surgery at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinic

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant: It is not known whether indocyanine green can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman or can affect reproduction capacity. Women of child-bearing age will undergo a urine pregnancy test on the day of surgery, which is standard of care prior to anesthesia.
• Breastfeeding: It is not known whether this drug is excreted in human milk. Because many drugs are excreted in human milk, caution should be exercised when indocyanine green is administered to a nursing woman. Study team will exclude women who are breastfeeding.
• Unable to provide informed consent
• Allergy to indocyanine green
• History of ipsilateral breast or axillary surgery