Sentinel lymph node identification in breast cancer patients;Identificazione del linfonodo sentinella in pazienti con carcinoma mammario

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 370-377

  Fonti, Rosa ^a,b   Limite, Gennaro ^a   Sodano, Antonio ^a   Riccardi, Albina ^a   Forestieri, Pietro ^a   De Cristofaro, Giuliana ^a   Pettinato, Guido ^a   Salvatore, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lymphoscintigraphy; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MACROSALB TC 99M; TECHNETIUM TC 99M NANOCOLLOID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SCINTISCANNING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN;

EID: 0040668426     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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