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The use of lymphoscintigraphy to localise the sentinel lymph node

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 72-90). / Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy is being used increasingly for staging early breast carcinoma in place of complete axillary lymph node dissection. The optimal method to identify the SLN and has not been clearly elucidated in the literature. A number of techniques have been proposed for identifying SLN/s. The main debate centres on whether to use a blue dye or radiopharmaceutical method either singly or in combination.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uct/oai:localhost:11427/2802
Date January 2005
CreatorsKorowlay, Nisaar Ahmed
ContributorsPanieri, Eugene
PublisherUniversity of Cape Town, Faculty of Health Sciences, Division of Nuclear Medicine
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeMaster Thesis, Masters, MMed
Formatapplication/pdf

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