SPECT/CT for preoperative sentinel node localization

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 184-190

  Vermeeren, Lenka ^a   Van Der Ploeg, Iris M C ^a   Valdés Olmos, Renato A ^a   Meinhardt, Willem ^a   Klop, W Martin C ^a   Kroon, Bin B R ^a   Nieweg, Omgo E ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Emission computed; Melanoma; Neoplasm staging; Sentinel lymph node biopsy; Single photon; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN TC 99M; RHENIUM TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; OBESITY; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 76549131552     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21439     Document Type: Review

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