Is early dynamic lymphoscintigraphy for detection of sentinel lymph nodes always achievable in breast tumor?

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-50

  Chen, Yu Wen ^a   Chuang, Ya Wen ^a   Lai, Yung Chang ^a   Hsieh, Jan Sing ^a   Liu, Gin Chung ^a   Hou, Ming Feng ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Early dynamic lymphoscintigraphy; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST DUCT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROADENOMA; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMAGING; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TUMOR; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644816363     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: 09147187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02985590     Document Type: Article

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