Impact of lymphoscintigraphy on sentinel node identification with technetium-99m-colloidal albumin in breast cancer

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 366-368

  Pijpers, Rik ^a   Meijer, Sybren ^b   Hoekstra, Otto S ^b   Collet, Gerard J ^b   Comans, Emile F I ^b   Boom, Rob P A ^b   Van Diest, Paul J ^b   Teule, Gerrit J J ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Gamma probe; Lymphoscintigraphy; Sentinel node; Technetium 99m colloidal albumin

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; COLLOID TC 99M;

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; AXILLA; BIOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN;

EID: 0030930634     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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