The use of lymphoscintigraphy to localise the sentinel lymph node

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.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Division of Nuclear Medicine

Year dc:date.issued

2005

Author dc:creator

• Korowlay, Nisaar Ahmed

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Panieri, Eugene

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2802

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/2802