Sentinel Node Detection in Head and Neck Malignancies: Innovations in Radioguided Surgery
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Sentinel Node Detection in Head and Neck Malignancies: Innovations in Radioguided Surgery
Sentinel node mapping is becoming a routine procedure for staging of various malignancies, because it can determine lymph node status more precisely. Due to anatomical problems, localizing sentinel nodes in the head and neck region on the basis of conventional images can be difficult. New diagnostic tools can provide better visualization of sentinel nodes. In an attempt to keep up with possible...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Oncology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1687-8450,1687-8469
DOI: 10.1155/2009/681746