Demonstration of second-tier lymph nodes during preoperative lymphoscintigraphy for melanoma: Incidence varies with primary tumor site

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 517-521

  Uren, Roger F ^a,d   Howman Giles, Robert B ^a   Thompson, John F ^b,c  

^a Nucl Med and Diagnostic Ultrasound   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d FRACP   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lymphoscintigraphy; Melanoma; Second tier lymph nodes; Sentinel nodes

Indexed keywords

TRACER;

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SCINTISCANNING; CANCER SURGERY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIOACTIVITY;

ANTIMONY; ARM; HUMANS; LEG; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; NECK; TECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0031661304     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02303644     Document Type: Article

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