Does imaging in sentinel node scintigraphic localization add value to the procedure in patients with breast cancer?

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 845-847

  Goyal, Amit ^a   Mansel, Robert E ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lymphatic mapping; Lymphoscintigraphy; Lymphoscintiscan; Sentinel node biopsy

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; COST; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GAMMA SCINTIGRAPHY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; OBESITY; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGEON; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 26444498562     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200510000-00001     Document Type: Editorial

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