The Role of Lymphoscintigraphy in the Detection of Lymph Node Drainage in Melanoma

Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 285-300

  Uren, Roger F ^a,b   Thompson, John F ^a,b   Howman Giles, Robert ^a,b   Chung, David K V ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; TECHNETIUM 99M; TRACE ELEMENT;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOSIMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; ISOTOPE LABELING; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURGEON;

HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33646069321     PISSN: 10553207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soc.2005.12.006     Document Type: Review

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