Improved sentinel lymph node localization in patients with primary melanoma with the use of radiolabeled colloid

Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 203-210

  Gershenwald, J E ^a   Tseng, C H ^a   Thompson, W ^a   Mansfield, P F ^a   Lee, J E ^a   Bouvet, M ^a   Lee, J J ^a   Ross, M I ^a   Leach, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN TC 99M; ISOSULFAN BLUE; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SCINTISCANNING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0031857440     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6060(98)70121-7     Document Type: Article

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