How morphometric analysis of metastatic load predicts the (un)usefulness of PET scanning: the case of lymph node staging in melanoma

Background: In primary cutaneous melanoma, the sentinel node (SN) biopsy is an accurate method for the staging of the lymph nodes. Positron emission tomography (PET) has been suggested as a useful alternative. However, the sensitivity of PET may be too low to detect SN metastases, which are often sm...

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Main Authors: Mijnhout, G S, Hoekstra, O S, van Lingen, A, van Diest, P J, Adèr, H J, Lammertsma, A A, Pijpers, R, Meijer, S, Teule, G J J
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: Copyright 2003 Journal of Clinical Pathology 2003
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1769919/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12663640
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