Immediate dynamic lymphoscintigraphy delivers no additional value to lymphoscintigraphy 3 hr after tracer injection in sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer patients

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 469-475

  Doting, M H Edwina ^a   Stiekema, H M Annemiek ^a   De Vries, Jakob ^a   Lemstra, Clara ^a   Hoekstra, Harald J ^a   Vrieling, Mirjam ^a   Rietman, Lianne ^a   Jager, Pieter L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Imaging; Non axillary; Staging

Indexed keywords

NANOCOLL; NANOCOLL TC 99M; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 34248157821     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20721     Document Type: Article

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