A better blue dye

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 208-209

  Winchester, David J ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EVANSTON HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOSULFAN BLUE; ISOTOPE; METHYLENE BLUE; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M; TRACER; COLORING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ANAPHYLAXIS; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INJECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 0038133168     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2003.02.006     Document Type: Editorial

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