Sentinel lymph node biopsy for the staging of anal melanoma: Report of two cases

Annals of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 629-631

  Sanli, Yasemin ^a,b   Turkmen, Cuneyt ^a   Kurul, Sidika ^a   Taş, Faruk ^a   Mudun, Ayşe ^a   Cantez, Sema ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anal canal; Lymphoscintigraphy; Malignant melanoma; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; DACARBAZINE; DISULFINE BLUE; PARAFFIN; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; ANAL MELANOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MELANOMA; MICROMETASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM BIOPSY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANUS NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 33845654266     PISSN: 09147187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02984661     Document Type: Article

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