Intraoperative injection of technetium-99m sulfur colloid is effective in the detection of sentinel lymph nodes in breast cancer

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 423-426

  Dauphine, Christine E ^a   Khalkhali, Iraj ^a   Vargas, M Perla ^a   Isaac, Nova M ^a   Haukoos, Jason ^b,c   Vargas, Hernan I ^a  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Radiocolloid; Sentinel node; Technique

Indexed keywords

ISOSULFAN BLUE; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LYMPH NODES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 33748438817     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.06.014     Document Type: Article

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