Sentinel lymph node technique for breast cancer: Radiation safety issues

Seminars in Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 298-303

  Law, Martin ^a   Chow, Louis W C ^a,b   Kwong, Ava ^a   Lam, C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WARD;

EID: 3042759309     PISSN: 00937754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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