In-transit sentinel lymph nodes in malignant melanoma. What is their importance?

Revista Espanola de Medicina Nuclear

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 424-429

  Ortin Perez J ^a   Vidal Sicart, S ^a   Domenech B ^a   Rubi S ^a   Lafuente, S ^a   Pons, F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

In transit sentinel lymph node; Lymphoscintigraphy; Malignant melanoma

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN TC 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MACROSALB TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM TC 99M NANOCOLLOID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN-TRANSIT METASTASIS; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOMA; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; ADOLESCENT; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN TUMOR; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59449092682     PISSN: 02126982     EISSN: 1578200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1578-200X(08)70045-7     Document Type: Article

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