Oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma and the clinically n0 neck: The past, present, and future of sentinel lymph node biopsy

Current Oncology Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-135

  Coughlin, Andrew ^a   Resto, Vicente A ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymphoscintigraphy; Occult lymph node metastases; Oral cavity cancer; Sentinel lymph node mapping; Staging

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOSEEK; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM 99M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MELANOMA; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NECK DISSECTION; PROGNOSIS; REGIONAL METASTASIS; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUPRAOMOHYOID NECK DISSECTION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 77952243669     PISSN: 15233790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11912-010-0090-7     Document Type: Review

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