Radioimmunoscintigraphy in patients with early stage cutaneous malignant melanoma

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 252-257

  Blend, Michael J ^a   Hyun, Hyewon ^b   Patel, Bhupendra ^b   Sullivan, Kathleen ^b   Salk, Darrell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

monoclonal antibody; radioimmunoscintigraphy; staging malignant melanoma

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY NR ML 05; TECHNETIUM 99M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSCINTIGRAPHY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOIMMUNODETECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TECHNETIUM; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0029880705     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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