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Sentinel Node Mapping in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Using an Intraoperative Radiotracer Technique [PDF]

open access: yesAsia Oceania Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Biology, 2019
Objective(s): Lymph node metastases are the most significant prognostic factor in localized non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Identification of the first nodal drainage site (sentinel node) may improve detection of metastatic nodes. Extended surgeries,
Susan Shafiei   +8 more
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Nanoparticles in sentinel lymph node mapping [PDF]

open access: yesWIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology, 2009
AbstractThe lymph nodes and lymphatic vessels are more difficult to access than most vascular structures. Interstitial injection of imaging agents is often necessary to opacify the lymphatics. Traditionally, radionuclide methods of sentinel node imaging have dominated this field, however, limitations in resolution and exposure to radiation have ...
Gregory, Ravizzini   +4 more
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Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy or Detection of Micrometastasis in Bone Marrow: Which Might Be an Alternative to Axillary Lymph Node Dissection in Breast Cancer Patients?

open access: yesAsian Journal of Surgery, 2004
Axillary lymph node status has limited prognostic significance in breast cancer patients and much improvement can be made. Sentinel lymph node biopsy is emerging as an alternative to axillary lymph node dissection for staging, but its prognostic ...
Li Zhu, Chi Kei Lam, Louis W.C. Chow
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SENTINEL LYMPH NODE

open access: yesThe Professional Medical Journal, 2007
Objective: To assess the efficacy of a localization technique for thesentinel lymph node in patients with early breast carcinoma using 1% isosulphan blue. Study Design: Prospective studyPlace and Duration: Departments of Pathology, Punjab Medical College Faisalabad and Sheikh Zayed Hospital,Lahore and Departments of Surgery, Allied & DHQ Hospitals,
SADIA HAMEED, SABIHA RIAZ, ARIF HUSSAIN
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From systematic lymphadenectomy to sentinel lymph node mapping: a review on transitions and current practices in endometrial cancer staging. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Endometrial cancer care has undergone major changes in the past 30 years. In 1988, staging transitioned from clinical to surgical. Moreover, the surgical approach of choice is no longer open surgery, but minimally invasive surgery.
Papadia, Andrea   +2 more
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Update on Sentinel Lymph Node Methods and Pathology in Breast Cancer

open access: yesDiagnostics
Breast cancer stands out as the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women globally. Precise lymph node staging holds critical significance for both predicting outcomes in early-stage disease and formulating effective treatment strategies to control ...
Jules Zhang-Yin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Radioguided surgery in urological malignancies

open access: yesIndian Journal of Urology, 2008
The current literature was reviewed for articles focusing on radioguided surgery in urological malignancies. In penile cancer sentinel lymph node dissection is part of international guidelines.
Dorothea Weckermann   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sentinel Node Biopsy in Young Patients with Atypical Melanocytic Tumors of the Head and Neck

open access: yesOTO Open, 2019
Objective To examine the diagnostic value of the sentinel lymph node biopsy in pediatric through young adult head and neck melanocytic tumors of unknown malignant potential. Study Design Retrospective case series.
David Pfau   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A feasibility study of sentinel lymph node mapping by cervical injection of a tracer in Japanese women with early stage endometrial cancer

open access: yesTaiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2018
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility of sentinel lymph node mapping characterized by a cervical tracer injection in endometrial cancer.
Chisa Shimada   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Sentinel Lymph Node in Breast Cancer: Problems Posed by Examination During Surgery. A Review of Current Literature and Management

open access: yesFrontiers in Surgery, 2018
The presence of tumor cells can be identified in the lymph node when metastasis has occurred from the primary cancer site into the lymph node (1) If the sentinel lymph node ganglion is negative for the presence of tumor cells at the time of histological ...
Jean Bouquet de Jolinière   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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