Pearls and pitfalls of radionuclide imaging of the lymphatic system. Part 1: Sentinel node lymphoscintigraphy in malignant melanoma

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 80, Issue 950, 2007, Pages 132-139

  Scarsbrook, A F ^a   Ganeshan, A ^a   Bradley, Kevin M ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN TC 99M COLLOID; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

BREAST BIOPSY; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MELANOMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; ADULT; FEMALE; LYMPH NODE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SCINTISCANNING; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34250219580     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/20286459     Document Type: Review

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