Lymphatic drainage from the skin of the back to retroperitoneal and paravertebral lymph nodes in melanoma patients

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 384-387

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

^a Missenden Medical Centre   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lymphoscintigraphy; Melanoma; Paravertebral; Retroperitoneal; Sentinel lymph nodes

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY TECHNETIUM SULFIDE TC 99M;

ARTICLE; CANCER SCINTISCANNING; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BACK; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROPERITONEAL SPACE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SPINE;

EID: 0031745408     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02303504     Document Type: Article

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