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Breast Cancer
Reports from I.M.C.D. Ploeg et al highlight recent research in breast cancer
October 2nd, 2008
According to recent research published in the World Journal of Surgery, " Conventional lymphoscintigraphy does not always define the exact anatomic location of a sentinel node. The lymphatic drainage pattern may be unusual or may not be shown at all." "The recently introduced hybrid SPECT/CT imaging could help overcome these difficulties. SPECT is a tomographic version of conventional lymphoscintigraphy and the images have better contrast and resolution. When fused with the anatomical details provided by CT into one image, a meaningful surgical ''roadmap'' can be created. So far, there is little literature on the use of hybrid SPECT/CT in lymphatic mapping in...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-10-02)
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