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Gallium‐67 scintigraphy in malignant melanoma
Author(s) -
Milder Michael S.,
Frankel Robert S.,
Bulkley Gregory B.,
Ketcham Alfred S.,
Johnston Gerald S.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197312)32:6<1350::aid-cncr2820320611>3.0.co;2-z
Subject(s) - medicine , melanoma , scintigraphy , biopsy , malignant disease , nuclear medicine , radiology , gallium , cancer , cancer research , chemistry , organic chemistry
Gallium‐67 whole body scintigraphy was included in the diagnostic workup of 44 consecutive patients with biopsy proven malignant melanoma in order to study the uptake of this nuclide by known melanoma tissue and to objectively assess its value in the detection of known and unknown meta‐static disease.