Measurement of the extraction fractions of nanocolloid and polyclonal immunoglobulin by axillary lymph nodes in patients with breast cancer

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 935-940

  Fowler, J Charlotte ^a   Solanki, Chandra K ^a   Barber, Robert W ^a   Swift, E Anna ^a   Guenther, Ilonka ^a   Ballinger, James R ^a   Purushotham, Arnie D ^a   Peters, A Michael ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extraction fraction; Immunoglobulin; Lymphoscintigraphy; Nanocolloid; Sentinel node

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INDIUM 111; NANOCOLL TC 99M; TRACER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST AREOLA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; DRUG UPTAKE; EXTRACTION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; PARENCHYMA; RANK SUM TEST; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN;

EID: 4444284281     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200409000-00011     Document Type: Article

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