Preoperative lymphoscintigraphy for breast cancer does not improve the ability to identify axillary sentinel lymph nodes

KM McMasters, SL Wong, TM Tuttle, DJ Carlson… - Annals of …, 2000 - journals.lww.com
Objective To evaluate the role of preoperative lymphoscintigraphy in sentinel lymph node
(SLN) biopsy for breast cancer. Summary Background Data Numerous studies have …

99mTc Nanocoll: A radiopharmaceutical for sentinel node localisation in breast cancer—In vitro and in vivo results

GMM Gommans, E Gommans, FM Van der Zant… - Applied radiation and …, 2009 - Elsevier
This study evaluated labelling efficiency and radiochemical purity of 99mTc colloid albumin
to identify an optimal labelling protocol for sentinel node detection. Results indicate that a …

Vital dye and radiolabelled colloids—complement or alternative

R Pijpers, PJ Borgstein, GJJ Teule, S Meijer - Lymphatic Metastasis and …, 2000 - Springer
Several different protocols for retrieval of the sentinel node (SN) have been described:
gamma probe (GP) and/or dye guided biopsy, preceded by lymphoscintigraphy or not …

Evaluation of zeta-potential and particle size of technetium 99mTc-sulfur colloid subsequent to the addition of lidocaine and sodium bicarbonate

VS Loveless, CP Surdock… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2010 - Soc Nuclear Med
The use of 99mTc-sulfur colloid lymphoscintigraphy for the determination of lymph flow
patterns from a tumor site and localization of the sentinel node has been widely adopted …

The need for skin pen marking for sentinel lymph node biopsy: A comparative study

R Sadeghi, MN Forghani, SR Zakavi, A JANGJOU… - 2008 - sid.ir
Introduction: There is a consensus in the literature that SENTINEL LYMPH NODE biopsy is
the standard procedure for axillary staging in early stage (I and II) breast cancer patients …

Lymphoscintigraphy in the detection of sentinel lymph nodes

ET Morita - Atlas of selective sentinel lymphadenectomy for …, 2002 - Springer
Conclusion In this chapter we have provided suggestions and techniques that have been
accrued from our experience with lymphoscintigraphy. Each hospital and personnel may …

Stability of filtered technetium Tc-99m sulfur colloid

JA Ponto - Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, 2005 - japha.org
Objectives This study was undertaken to evaluate the stability of filtered Tc-99m sulfur
colloid stored in glass vials over a period of 8 hours. Of specific interest were evaluations of …

[PDF][PDF] Radiopharmaceutical and clinical aspects of sentinel lymph node procedures in breast cancer patients

GMM Gommans - 2009 - research.vumc.nl
The sentinel lymph node (SLN), the first draining node within a lymph node basin, is the first
to receive lymphatic drainage from a tumor site. The tumor status of the SLN is of particular …

Nuclear Medicine in Surgical Setting

F Daghighian - 核子醫學雜誌, 2000 - airitilibrary.com
The gamma probe has long been used for scanning a region of the body. Until recently, the
advent of the application of lymphatic mapping technique in melanoma and breast cancer …

[CITATION][C] General introduction and outline of the thesis

GMM Gommans