The Progressive Advances of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Technique in Head and Neck Cancer

Clin Nucl Med. 2017 Feb;42(2):100-103. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001459.

Authors

Girolamo Tartaglione¹, Domenico Rubello, Patrick M Colletti

Affiliation

¹ From the *Nuclear Medicine Unit, Cristo Re Hospital, Rome; †Nuclear Medicine Department, Rovigo Hospital, Rovigo, Italy; and ‡Nuclear Medicine Department, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.

PMID: 28002073
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001459

Abstract

In this short review, the technical and clinical improvements of the sentinel lymph node biopsy in head and neck cancer are presented.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Head and Neck Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Head and Neck Neoplasms / pathology*
Humans
Image-Guided Biopsy / methods*
Radiopharmaceuticals
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy / methods*

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals