Comparison between one day and two days protocols for sentinel node mapping of breast cancer patients

Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 313-315

  Ali, Jangijoo ^e   Alireza, Rezapanah ^a   Mostafa, Mehrabibahar ^a   Naser, Forghani Mohammad ^b   Bahram, Memar ^c   Ramin, Sadeghi ^d  

^a Imamreza Hospital   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACER; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SENTINEL NODE MAPPING; BREAST TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; SCINTISCANNING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 83255162643     PISSN: 11081430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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