The hybrid SPECT/CT as an additional lymphatic mapping tool in patients with breast cancer

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1930-1934

  Van Der Ploeg, Iris M C ^a   Valdés Olmos, Renato A ^a   Kroon, Bin B R ^a   Nieweg, Omgo E ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXILLA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 49749084647     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-008-9618-5     Document Type: Review

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