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Radioisotope scan of lymphatic system

Known as: Lymphoscintigraphies, Lymphoscintigraphy, Scan of lymphatic system 
A method used to check the lymph system for disease. A radioactive substance that flows through the lymph ducts and can be taken up by lymph nodes is… 
National Institutes of Health

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Aspects of radionuclide imagingAutoradiographyDiscipline of Nuclear MedicineGamma Cameras

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Diagnostic ImagingDiagnostic Techniques, RadioisotopeTomography, Emission-Computed

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Intraoperative radioguidance with a portable gamma camera: a novel technique for laparoscopic sentinel node localisation in urological malignancies
PurposeOur aim was to assess the feasibility of intraoperative radioguidance with a portable gamma camera during laparoscopic… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Intraoperative sentinel node identification in early stage cervical cancer using a combination of radiolabeled albumin injection and isosulfan blue dye injection.
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Sentinel lymph node detection in early cervical cancer with combination 99mTc phytate and patent blue.
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Laparoscopic identification of sentinel lymph nodes in early stage cervical cancer: prospective study using a combination of patent blue dye injection and technetium radiocolloid injection.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Internal mammary node lymphoscintigraphy and biopsy in breast cancer.
BACKGROUND In patients with breast cancer, sentinel nodes (SNs) are detected outside the axilla in 1-2% of cases after… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Comparison of positron emission tomography scanning and sentinel node biopsy in the detection of micrometastases of primary cutaneous malignant melanoma.
PURPOSE Sentinel node biopsy (SNB) is a surgical technique for detecting micrometastatic disease in the regional draining nodes… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
National practice patterns of sentinel lymph node dissection for breast carcinoma.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Preoperative lymphoscintigraphy during lymphatic mapping for breast cancer: improved sentinel node imaging using subareolar injection of technetium 99m sulfur colloid.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Optimized sentinel node scintigraphy in breast cancer.
INTRODUCTION Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) represents an important staging procedure in the surgical treatment of breast… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Sentinel lymph node biopsy, an alternative to elective axillary dissection for breast cancer.
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