Procedure guideline for lymphoscintigraphy and sentinel lymph node: Malignant melanoma Lenfosintigrafi ve sentinel lenf nodu: Malign melanom uygulama kılavuzu
Nuclear Medicine Seminars, cilt.6, sa.3, ss.307-320, 2021 (Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 6 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2021
- Doi Numarası: 10.4274/nts.galenos.2020.0026
- Dergi Adı: Nuclear Medicine Seminars
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, EMBASE
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.307-320
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Malignant melanoma, Nuclear medicine, Sentinel lymph node
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Malignant melanoma is still among the most fatal cancers worldwide with increasing incidence. Lymphoscintigraphy and gamma probe guided sentinel lymph node detection is an established procedure which has a great impact in disease management of malignant melanoma. Sentinel lymph node biopsy determines the nodal stage of the disease and invasion of the sentinel lymph node is the most important prognostic factor. In parallel to the latest technological developments in the recent years, novel hybrid imaging modalities such as SPECT/CT as well as intraoperative gamma cameras and hybrid detectors have been introduced. This procedure guideline is aimed to inform especially nuclear medicine physicians about the methods for detection of sentinel lymph nodes in malignant melanoma patients as well as to provide the state of art technique suitable for local standards in accordance with the current literature.