The reproducibility in routine clinical practice of sentinel lymph node identification by pre-operative lymphoscintigraphy in patients with cutaneous melanoma

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 899-905

  Uren, Roger F ^a,c   Howman Giles, Robert ^a   Chung, David K V ^a   Morton, Rachael L ^b   Thompson, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MELANOMA INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cutaneous melanoma; Lymphoscintigraphy; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY TECHNETIUM SULFIDE TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MELANOMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN TUMOR; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 33846577301     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-006-9214-6     Document Type: Article

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