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01-12-2007 | Guidelines

Sentinel node in breast cancer procedural guidelines

Authors: John Buscombe, Giovanni Paganelli, Zeynep E. Burak, Wendy Waddington, Jean Maublant, Enrique Prats, Holger Palmedo, Orazio Schillaci, Lorenzo Maffioli, M. Lassmann, Carlo Chiesa, Emilio Bombardieri, Arturo Chiti, On behalf of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine Oncology Committee and Dosimetry Committee

Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Issue 12/2007

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Procedure guidelines for scintigraphic detection of sentinel node in breast cancer are presented.

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The paper was written by several experts in this field on behalf of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine Oncology and Dosimetry committees and approved by the Executive Committee.

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Title: Sentinel node in breast cancer procedural guidelines
Authors: John Buscombe
Giovanni Paganelli
Zeynep E. Burak
Wendy Waddington
Jean Maublant
Enrique Prats
Holger Palmedo
Orazio Schillaci
Lorenzo Maffioli
M. Lassmann
Carlo Chiesa
Emilio Bombardieri
Arturo Chiti
On behalf of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine Oncology Committee and Dosimetry Committee
Publication date: 01-12-2007
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Issue 12/2007
Print ISSN: 1619-7070
Electronic ISSN: 1619-7089
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-007-0614-z

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