Title | Lymphatic Metastasis and Sentinel Lymphonodectomy [electronic resource] / edited by Peter M. Schlag, Umberto Veronesi |
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Imprint | Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2000 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57151-0 |
Descript | XII, 309 p. online resource |
I. Clinical Assessment of Lymph Node Metastases -- Efficacy of Immunoscintigraphy for Detection of Lymph Node Metastases -- Sensitivity and Specificity of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) for the Diagnosis of Lymph Node Metastases -- Diagnosis and Staging of Lymph Node Metastases -- Detection and Relevance of Immunohistochemically Identifiable Tumor Cells in Lymph Nodes -- II. Principles of Lymphatic Metastasis -- Cell Biology of Lymphatic Metastases: The Potential Role of c-erbB Oncogene Signalling -- The Lymph Node as a Bridgehead in the Metastatic Dissemination of Tumors -- Functional Anatomy of Lymphatic Vessels Under the Aspect of Tumor Invasion -- Molecular Diagnosis of Head and Neck Cancer -- III. Principles of Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Detection -- The Concept of the Sentinel Lymph Node -- Sentinel Node Localization by Lymphoscintigraphy: A Reliable Technique with Widespread Applications -- Vital Dye and Radiolabelled Colloids โ Complement or Alternative -- IV. Sentinel Node Detection in Urogenital Cancer -- Application of the Sentinel Node Concept in Urogenital Cancer -- Intraoperative Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Identification: Gynecologic Applications -- V. Sentinel Node Detection in Malignant Melanoma -- Sentinel Node Detection in Malignant Melanoma -- Adjuvant Therapy of Malignant Melanoma and the Role of Sentinel Node Mapping -- VI. Sentinel Node Detection in Neck and Thyroid Cancer -- Selective Neck Dissection and Sentinel Node Biopsy in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas -- Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection for Thyroid Malignancy -- Lymphoscintigraphy and Ultrasound Guided Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology of Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Head and Neck Cancer Patients -- VII. Sentinel Node Detection in Breast Cancer -- Present and Future of Sentinel Node Lymphadenectomy in Breast Cancer -- Specification of Potential Indications and Contraindications of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Breast Cancer -- Potential and Pitfalls of Sentinel Node Detection in Breast Cancer -- VIII. Sentinel Node Detection in Gastric Cancer -- Gastric Lymphography and Detection of Sentinel Nodes -- Potential and Futility of Sentinel Node Detection for Gastric Cancer -- IX. Sentinel Node Detection in Colorectal Cancer -- Probe Guided Surgery for Colorectal Cancer -- Identification of Lymph Node Metastases in Recurrent Colorectal Cancer -- Fluorescence as a Concept in Colorectal Lymph Node Diagnosis