Sentinel lymph node biopsy for eyelid and conjunctival tumors: What have we learned in the past decade?

Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-62

  Pfeiffer, Margaret L ^a,b   Savar, Aaron ^c   Esmaeli, Bita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; EYELID TUMOR; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MICROMETASTASIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEBACEOUS CARCINOMA; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, SEBACEOUS; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; EYELID NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84872967168     PISSN: 07409303     EISSN: 15372677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IOP.0b013e31827472c5     Document Type: Review

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