In search of the sentinel node : validation and sophistication of lymphatic mapping and sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer and melanoma

In search of the sentinel node : validation and sophistication of lymphatic mapping and sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer and melanoma

Authors	I.M.C. van der Ploeg
Supervisors	B.B.R. Kroon
Cosupervisors	O.E. Nieweg R.A. Valdés Olmos
Award date	10-06-2009
ISBN	9789075575217
Number of pages	290
Publisher	Amsterdam: Nederlands Kanker Instituut - Antoni Van Leeuwenhoekziekenhuis
Organisations	Faculty of Medicine (AMC-UvA)
Document type	PhD thesis
Language	English
Downloads	Thesis Cover Title pages Contents Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Sentinel lymph nodes Chapter 3: Axillary recurrence after a tumour-negative sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer patients : a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature Chapter 4: Axillary and extra-axillary lymph node recurrences after a tumour-negative sentinel node biopsy for breast cancer using intra-lesional tracer administration Chapter 5: Breast cancer patients with extra-axillary sentinel nodes only may be spared axillary lymph node dissection Chapter 6: Lymphatic drainage patterns from the treated breast Chapter 7: Lymphatic drainage patterns in breast cancer patients who previously underwent mantle field radiation Chapter 8: Comparison of three micromorphometric pathology classifications of melanoma metastases in the sentinel node Chapter 9: Is completion lymph node dissection needed in case of minimal melanoma metastasis in the sentinel node? Chapter 10: A tumour-positive sentinel node biopsy of the groin in clinically node-negative melanoma patients : superficial or superficial and deep lymph node dissection? Chapter 11: Evaluation of lymphatic drainage to the groin in patients with melanoma and the implications for the extent of a completion dissection Chapter 12: The additional value of SPECT/CT in lymphatic mapping in breast cancer and melanoma Chapter 13: The hybrid SPECT/CT as an additional lymphatic mapping tool in breast cancer patients Chapter 14: The hidden sentinel node and SPECT/CT in breast cancer patients Chapter 15: The yield of SPECT/CT for anatomical lymphatic mapping in patients with breast cancer Chapter 16: The yield of SPECT/CT for anatomical lymphatic mapping in melanoma patients Chapter 17: Three-dimensional anatomical visualization of sentinel nodes in breast cancer and melanoma using volume-rendering of fused SPECT/CT images Chapter 18: Visualization of tumour-blockage and rerouting of lymphatic drainage in penile cancer patients using SPECT/CT Chapter 19: Summary and conclusions, Samenvatting, Resumen, Future perspectives Chapter 20: Dankwoord, Curriculum vitae, Publications, Presentations Full colour images
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