Peritumoural versus subareolar administration of technetium-99m nanocolloid for sentinel lymph node detection in breast cancer: Preliminary results of a prospective intra-individual comparative study

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 651-656

  Maza, Sofiane ^a   Valencia, Ray ^a   Geworski, Lilli ^a   Zander, Andreas ^a   Guski, Hans ^a   Winzer, Klaus J ^a   Munz, Dieter L ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lymphoscintigraphy; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJECTION SITE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; THORAX;

EID: 0037907617     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-003-1128-y     Document Type: Article

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