Usefulness of 99m-Tc-sestamibi scintimammography in suspected breast cancer and in axillary lymph node metastases detection

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 256-259

  Lumachi, F ^a   Ferretti, G ^b   Povolato, M ^b   Marzola, M C ^a   Zucchetta, P ^a   Geatti, O ^b   Bui, F ^a   Brandes, A A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axillary lymph node; Breast cancer; Diagnosis; Mammography; Scintimammography

Indexed keywords

METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; PREDICTION; PREMENOPAUSE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIMAMMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034941638     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejso.2000.1096     Document Type: Article

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