Is the identification of in-transit sentinel lymph nodes in malignant melanoma patients really necessary?

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 945-949

  Vidal Sicart, Sergi ^a,b   Pons, Francesca ^a,b   Fuertes, Silvia ^a   Vilalta, Antonio ^a,b   Rull, Ramón ^a,b   Puig, Susana ^a,b   Palou, Josep M ^a,b   Ortega, Marisa ^a   Castel, Teresa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gamma probe; Lymphoscintigraphy; Malignant melanoma; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOSCINT; NANOCOLL TC 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EPITROCHLEAR LYMPH NODE; FEMALE; GAMMA PROBE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN TRANSIT SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; MELANOMA; POPLITEAL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE;

EID: 3142782030     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-004-1485-1     Document Type: Article

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