Sentinel lymph node biopsy in differentiated thyroid cancer: Standard of care or experimental tool?

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 833-835

  Rubello, Domenico ^a   O’Doherty, Michael J ^a  

^a VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TRACER;

CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; NECK DISSECTION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STANDARD; THYROID CANCER; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; VITAL STAIN;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CARCINOMA; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33749517328     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e328011022c     Document Type: Editorial

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