Integration of hybrid single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography in the preoperative assessment of sentinel node in patients with cervical and endometrial cancer: Our experience and literature review

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 830-835

  Buda, Alessandro ^a   Elisei, Federica ^a   Arosio, Maurizio ^a   Dolci, Carlotta ^a   Signorelli, Mauro ^a   Perego, Patrizia ^b   Giuliani, Daniela ^a   Recalcati, Dario ^a   Cattoretti, Giorgio ^b   Milani, Rodolfo ^a   Messa, Cristina ^a,c  

^a SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOIMAGING AND PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Preoperative SPECT CT; Sentinel node detection; Uterine cancer

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MICROMETASTASIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84863670211     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0b013e318253496f     Document Type: Review

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