Sentinel Node Biopsy: ALARA and Other Considerations

Health Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Strzelczyk, J ^a   Finlayson, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Operational topic; Radiopharmaceuticals; Tumors

Indexed keywords

DISODIUM HYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; GOLD 198; ISOSULFAN BLUE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM 99M; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 1642536547     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200402001-00010     Document Type: Review

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