The hidden sentinel node in breast cancer

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 305-311

  Tanis, P ^a   Van Sandick, J ^a   Nieweg, O ^a   Valdes Olmos R ^a   Rutgers, E ^a   Hoefnagel, C ^a   Kroon, B ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lymphoscintigraphy; Sentinel node; Visualisation rate

Indexed keywords

NANOCOLL TC 99M;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; IMAGING; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOACTIVITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM;

EID: 0036204624     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-001-0732-y     Document Type: Article

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