Radiography
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 9-14 , February 2012

Correlation of number and identification of sentinel nodes during radiographer led lymphoscintigraphy prior to sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer patients

  • Gail Camilleri

      Affiliations

    • Medical Imaging Department, Mater Dei Hospital, Malta
    • Tel.: +356 79921833.
    • ,
  • Karen Borg Grima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiography, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Malta
    • Tel.: +356 23401812.
    • ,
  • Francis Zarb

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiography, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Malta
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +356 23401833; fax: +356 21244975.

Received 28 September 2011 ,Revised 8 November 2011 ,Accepted 11 November 2011.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2011.11.003

Radiography
Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 9-14 , February 2012

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