Additional tracer injection to improve the technical success rate of lymphoscintigraphy for sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1156-1163

  Heuts, E M ^a   Van Der Ent, F W C ^b   Van Der Pol, H A G ^b   Von Meyenfeldt, M F ^a   Voogd, A C ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN;

EID: 64249158725     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-009-0403-y     Document Type: Article

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