The impact of superficial injections of radiocolloids and dynamic lymphoscintigraphy on sentinel node identification in oral cavity cancer: a same-day protocol

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 318-322

  Tartaglione, Girolamo ^a   Vigili, Maurizio G ^a   Rahimi, Siavash ^a   Celebrini, Alessandra ^a   Pagan, Marco ^a   Lauro, Luigi ^b   Al Nahhas, Adil ^b   Rubello, Domenico ^b  

^a Cristo Re Hospital   (Italy)

^b Departments of ENT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dynamic lymphoscintigraphy; Oral cavity; Same day protocol; Sentinel node; Squamous cell carcinoma; Superficial injection

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN ANTIBODY; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; SERUM ALBUMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLLOID; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; NECK DISSECTION; RADIOACTIVE COLLOID; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN;

EID: 43149118823     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e3282f4d399     Document Type: Article

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