Detection of melanoma metastases with thallium-201 scintigraphy

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 798-802

  Rettenbacher, Lukas ^a,b   Koller, Josef ^a   Kässmann, Helmut ^a   Galvan, Günther ^a  

^a Hospital Salzburg   (Austria)

^b Salzburger Landeskliniken   (Austria)

Author keywords

Malignant tumors; Melanoma metastases; Thallium 201

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SCINTISCANNING; CANCER SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN METASTASIS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; THALLIUM; THALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 0031956049     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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