Sentinel node detection by lymphoscintigraphy and sentinel lymph node biopsy in vulvar melanoma

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 736-741

  Trifirò, Giuseppe ^a   Travaini, Laura L ^a   Sanvito, Francesca ^a   Pacifici, Monica ^a   Mallia, Andrew ^b   Ferrari, Mahila E ^a   Vertua, Andrea ^a   Maggioni, Angelo ^a   Paganelli, Giovanni ^a   Sideri, Mario G ^a  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lymphadenectomy; Lymphoscintigraphy; Sentinel node; Vulvar melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VULVA CANCER; VULVA MELANOMA;

DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77952090632     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-009-1358-8     Document Type: Article

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