SPECT/CT lymphoscintigraphy to locate the sentinel lymph node in patients with melanoma

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1459-1460

  Uren, Roger F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MELANOMA; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 67349183234     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-009-0463-z     Document Type: Editorial

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