Failure predictors of the sentinel lymph node in patients with breast cancer using Tc-99m sulfur colloid and periareolar injection

Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-193

  Pritsivelis, C ^a,b   Garcia Mendonca C A ^a   Pinheiro Pessoa, M C ^a   Coelho Oliveira, A ^a   Gutfilen, B ^a   Barbosa Da Fonseca, L M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Lymphoscintigraphy; Sentinel lymph node biospsy

Indexed keywords

DYE; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SIZE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 34447526094     PISSN: 18244785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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