ABSTRACT

An intuitive, ingenious and powerful technique, sentinel lymph node biopsy has entered clinical practice with astonishing rapidity and now represents a new standard of care for melanoma and breast cancer patients, while showing great promise for the treatment of urologic, colorectal, gynecologic, and head and neck cancers.This text, written by inte

part |2 pages

Part II Sentinel Lymph-Node Biopsy for Melanoma

part |2 pages

Part III Sentinel Lymph-Node Biopsy for Breast Cancer

chapter 16|14 pages

Surgical aspects Hiram S Cody III

chapter 17|18 pages

Pathologic aspects Roderick R Turner

chapter 18|10 pages

The blue-dye technique Armando E Giuliano

part |2 pages

Part IV Other Applications of Sentinel Lymph-Node Biopsy