Accuracy of internal mammary lymph node localization using lymphoscintigraphy, sonography and CT

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 79-88

  Saarnak, Anne E ^a   Hurkmans, Coen W ^a   Pieters, Bradley R ^a   Valdés Olmos, Renato A ^a   Schultze Kool, Leo J ^a   Hart, Augustinus A M ^a   Muller, Sara H ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CT; Internal mammary lymph nodes; Localization; Lymphoscintigraphy; Sonography

Indexed keywords

COBALT 57; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOTHERAPY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036848217     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(02)00190-1     Document Type: Article

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