Sentinel lymph node biopsy in Japan

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 490-496

  Uhara, Hisashi ^a   Takata, Minoru ^a   Saida, Toshiaki ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Melanoma; Sentinel node biopsy

Indexed keywords

DYE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; INDIGO CARMINE; MELAN A; PHYTATE TC 99M; PSORIASIN; RADIOISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM TIN COLLOID TC 99M; TRACER;

ARM; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOOT; HAND; HEAD; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JAPANESE; LEG; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOMA; MUCOSA; NECK; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOACTIVITY; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VOLUME;

HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM STAGING; ROSANILINE DYES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 72949111019     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-009-0941-0     Document Type: Review

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