Objective To determine the value of 99m Tc-MIBI scintimmmography in diagnosing primary breast cancer and axillary lymph node metastases.Methods Independent, prospective, blinded studies were selected from the Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, Springer, Elsevier and China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of scintimammography were estimated by comparison with the results of biopsy. Subsequently, the characteristics of included articles such as sensitivity, specificity of 99m