Unfiltered sulfur colloid and sentinel node biopsy for breast cancer: Technical and kinetic considerations

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 746-755

  Moffat Jr , Frederick L ^a,c   Gulec, Seza A ^a   Sittler, Scott Y ^a   Serafini, Aldo N ^a   Sfakianakis, George N ^a   Boggs, Jodeen E ^a   Franceschi, Dido ^a   Pruett, Christopher S ^a   Pop, Raoul ^a   Gurkok, Cem ^a   Livingstone, Alan S ^a   Krag, David N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma detection probe; Radiocolloid; Sentinel node biopsy

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RADIOACTIVITY;

EID: 17344382186     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10434-999-0746-4     Document Type: Article

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