Evaluation of early versus delayed lymphoscintigraphic imaging in detecting internal mammary sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer: A multicenter study to establish an optimal lymphatic mapping protocol

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 677-681

  Heuts, Esther M ^a   van der Ent, Fred W C ^a   van der Pol, Harry A G ^b   Debets, Joop M H ^c   Kengen, Roland A M ^d   Verkeyn, Joost M A ^e   Hulsewé, Karel W E ^a   Hoofwijk, Anton G M ^a  

^a Departments of Surgery   (United States)

^b Nuclear Medicine   (Netherlands)

^c Departments of Surgery   (Netherlands)

^d LAURENTIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Internal mammary lymph node; Lymphoscintigraphy; Sentinel node biopsy

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M; TRACER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NETHERLANDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748120512     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200608000-00010     Document Type: Article

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