Sentinel node biopsy in skin melanoma patients - Measurements of absorbed doses of radiation to the hands of medical staff

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 355-361

  Nejc, Dariusz ^a   Wrzesień, Małgorzata ^b   Piekarski, Janusz ^a   Olszewski, Jerzy ^c   Pluta, Piotr ^a   Kuśmierek, Jacek ^a   Jeziorski, Arkadiusz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^c NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Radiation; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN TC 99M; DYE; NANOCOLL; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MACROSALB TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HAND; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION STANDARD; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MEDICAL STAFF; MELANOMA; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STANDARD; SURGEON; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; LYMPH NODE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY; POLAND; SCINTISCANNING; SKIN TUMOR;

HAND; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MELANOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; POLAND; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN;

EID: 33646200938     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20474     Document Type: Article

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