Abstract: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy of the female, and axillary lymph node dissection has been considered as the basic method in breast cancer surgery. Sentinel lymph node biopsy(SLNB) in recent years is accepted gradually both at home and abroad because it not only can avoid complications but also has the advantages of safe and simple operation, high accuracy, and slight trauma. It has taken the place of axillary lymph node dissection in the treatment of axillary node-negative patients. Nuclear medicine inspection has played a crucial role in SLNB, and radiotracers, injecting techniques, detecting methods and standards have great influence upon the accuracy and false-negative rate of axillary lymph nodes and internal mammary lymph nodes detection. In this review, the current methodology status of nuclear medicine is summarized on SLNB in breast cancer at home and abroad.