Improved detection of axillary hot nodes in lymphoscintigraphy in breast cancer located in the upper lateral quadrant with additional projection imaging

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 707-710

  Koizumi, Mitsuru ^a   Nomura, Etsuji ^a   Yamada, Yasuhiko ^a   Takiguchi, Tohohiro ^a   Ishii, Motoki ^a   Yamashita, Takashi ^a   Tada, Keiichiro ^a   Nishimura, Seiichiro ^a   Takahashi, Kaoru ^a   Makita, Masujiro ^a   Iwase, Takuji ^a   Yoshimoto, Masataka ^a   Kasumi, Fujio ^a  

^a CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

99mTc phytate; Axillary sentinel node; Breast cancer; Multiple views; Scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

PHYTATE TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 13444302482     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02985967     Document Type: Article

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