The single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography: A new procedure to perform the sentinel node biopsy in patients with head and neck melanoma

Melanoma Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 323-328

  Covarelli, Piero ^a   Tomassini, Gian M ^a   Simonetti, Stefano ^a   Messina, Salvatore ^b   Cini, Carla ^a   Petrina, Adolfo ^a   Noya, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b Perugia General Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Head and neck; Melanoma; Sentinel lymph node; Single photon emission computed tomography computed tomography; Surgery

Indexed keywords

NANOCOLL TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34648849210     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CMR.0b013e3282ef415b     Document Type: Article

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