Methodology and implications of lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymphadenectomy

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE Introduction and Outline of the Thesis

CHAPTER TWO History of Sentinel Node and Validation of the Technique

CHAPTER THREE The Definition of a Sentinel Node

CHAPTER FOUR Anatomy and Physiology of Lymphatic Drainage of the Breast from the Perspective of Sentinel Node Biopsy

CHAPTER FIVE Reproducibility of Lymphoscintigraphy for Lymphatic Mapping in Patients with Breast Cancer

CHAPTER SIX Improved Sentinel Node Visualisation in Breast Cancer by Optimising the Colloid Particle Concentration and Tracer Dosage

CHAPTER SEVEN The Hidden Sentinel Node in Breast Cancer

CHAPTER EIGHT Single Intralesional Tracer Dose for Radio-guided Excision of Clinically Occult Breast Cancer and Sentinel Node

CHAPTER NINE Frozen Section Investigation of the Sentinel Node in Malignant Melanoma and Breast Cancer

CHAPTER TEN Impact of Non-axillary Sentinel Node Biopsy on Staging and Treatment of Breast Cancer Patients

CHAPTER ELEVEN Penile Lymphoscintigraphy for Sentinel Node Identification

CHAPTER TWELVE Dynamic Sentinel Node Biopsy for Penile Cancer: Reliability of a Staging Technique

CHAPTER THIRTEEN Feasibility of Sentinel Node Lymphoscintigraphy in Stage I Testicular Cancer

CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Illusion of the Learning Phase for Lymphatic Mapping

CHAPTER FIFTEEN False-negative Sentinel Node Procedure Established through Palpation of the Biopsy Wound

CHAPTER SIXTEEN Internal Mammary Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Breast Cancer Patients

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN General Discussion and Conclusion

Summary/Samenvatting /Resumen

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