Lack of effect of particle size on the identification of the sentinel node in cutaneous malignancies

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-80

  Wong, Jan H ^a   Terada, Keith ^a   Ko, Peter ^b   Coel, Marc N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Sentinel lymph node; Technetium labeled human serum albumin; Technetium labeled sulfur colloid

Indexed keywords

HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN TC 99M; TRACER;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; PARTICLE SIZE; SKIN TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 0031869234     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02303767     Document Type: Article

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