Optimal number of sentinel nodes after intradermal injection isotope and blue dye

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 472-475

  Low, Kenny S S ^a   Littlejohn, David R G ^a  

^a Wagga Wagga Base Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; i.d. injection; Optimal number; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY TECHNETIUM SULFIDE TC 99M; DYE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; ROSANILINE DYES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 33744921402     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03752.x     Document Type: Article

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