Lymphoscintigraphy in detection of the regional lymph node involvement in gastric cancer

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 632-638

  Mahir Ozmen, M ^a,c   Zulfikaroglu, Baris ^a   Ozlem Kucuk, N ^a   Ozalp, Necdet ^a   Aras, Gulseren ^b   Koseoglu, Tankut ^a   Koç, Mahmut ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gastric Cancer; Lymph node involvement; Lymphoscintigraphy; Pre operative staging

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; LYMPHOSCINT; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ABDOMINAL DRAINAGE; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH EMPTYING; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33751117978     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588406X149200     Document Type: Article

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