Effectiveness of delayed 2-day lymphoscintigraphy on sentinel lymph node detection in patients with breast cancer with negative early lymphoscintigraphy

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 523-526

  Wang, Hsin Yi ^a   Tsai, Chien Chung ^c,d   Hung, Guang Uei ^b   Lin, Wan Yu ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TIAN SHENG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAINAN MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Delayed imaging; Sentinel lymph node; Tc 99m sulfur colloid; Two day protocol

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M; TRACER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TAIWAN;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33747628088     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000233905.72033.cb     Document Type: Article

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