The hidden sentinel node and SPECT/CT in breast cancer patients

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-11

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

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Radionuclide imaging; Sentinel lymph node biopsy; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

DYE; NANOCOLL TC 99M;

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALPATION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 57249097212     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-008-0910-2     Document Type: Article

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