Minimum acceptable sensitivity of intraoperative gamma probes used for sentinel lymph node detection in melanoma patients.

Matheoud, R; Giorgione, R; Valzano, S; Sacchetti, G; Colombo, E; Brambilla, M

Matheoud, R; Giorgione, R; Valzano, S; Sacchetti, G; Colombo, E; Brambilla, M.

Affiliation

Matheoud R; Medical Physics Department, University Hospital - Novara, Novara, Italy.
Giorgione R; Dermatology Department, University Hospital - Novara, Novara, Italy.
Valzano S; Medical Physics Department, University Hospital - Novara, Novara, Italy.
Sacchetti G; Nuclear Medicine Department, University Hospital - Novara, Novara, Italy.
Colombo E; Dermatology Department, University Hospital - Novara, Novara, Italy.
Brambilla M; Medical Physics Department, University Hospital - Novara, Novara, Italy. Electronic address: marco.brambilla@maggioreosp.novara.it.

Phys Med ; 30(7): 822-6, 2014 Nov.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24704002

Subject(s)

Melanoma/diagnostic imaging; Melanoma/pathology; Scintillation Counting/instrumentation; Adult; Aged; Female; Humans; Intraoperative Period; Lymphatic Metastasis; Male; Melanoma/surgery; Middle Aged; Radionuclide Imaging; Sensitivity and Specificity

Key words

Intraoperative gamma probe; Melanoma; Quality control; Sentinel lymph node

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Scintillation Counting / Melanoma Type of study: Diagnostic_studies Limits: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Phys Med Journal subject: BIOFISICA / BIOLOGIA / MEDICINA Year: 2014 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Italy

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