Reliability of lymphatic mapping after wide local excision of cutaneous melanoma

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2377-2383

  Ariyan, Stephan ^a   Ali Salaam, Pia ^a   Cheng, David W ^a   Truini, Carolyn ^b  

^a YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Lymphoscintigraphy; Melanoma; Sentinel lymph nodes

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH MAPPING; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MELANOMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SKIN TRANSPOSITION FLAP; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MELANOMA; PARTICLE SIZE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 34547467157     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-007-9468-7     Document Type: Article

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