Open AccessPreoperative detection of sentinel lymph nodes with hybrid SPECT/computed tomography imaging may improve the accuracy of sentinel lymph node biopsies in patients with early stages of cancer of the oesophagus or gastro-oesophageal junction
Author(s) -
Stefan Gabrielson,
Jon A. Tsai,
Fuat Celebioglu,
Magnus Nilsson,
Ioannis Rouvelas,
Mats Lindblad,
Annie Bjäreback,
Artur Tomson,
Rimma Axelsson
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
nuclear medicine communications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.489
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1473-5628
pISSN - 0143-3636
DOI - 10.1097/mnm.0000000000001273
Subject(s) - medicine , sentinel lymph node , radiology , stage (stratigraphy) , esophagectomy , biopsy , lymph , esophageal cancer , lymph node , tomography , emission computed tomography , gamma probe , nuclear medicine , cancer , positron emission tomography , breast cancer , pathology , paleontology , biology
The aim of this study was to investigate the sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) method in patients with cancer of the oesophagus or gastro-oesophageal junction (GOJ) guided by preoperative hybrid single-photon emission tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) lymphoscintigraphy.