Surgical Oncology
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages 88-94 , June 2010

Potential advantage of preoperative three-dimensional mapping of sentinel nodes in breast cancer by a hybrid single photon emission CT (SPECT)/CT system

  • Mutsuko Ibusuki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo Kumamoto, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
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  • Yutaka Yamamoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo Kumamoto, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 96 373 5521; fax: +81 96 373 5525.
    • ,
  • Teru Kawasoe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo Kumamoto, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
    • ,
  • Shinya Shiraishi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo Kumamoto, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
    • ,
  • Seiji Tomiguchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo Kumamoto, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
    • ,
  • Yasuyuki Yamashita

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo Kumamoto, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
    • ,
  • Yumi Honda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo Kumamoto, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
    • ,
  • Kenichi Iyama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo Kumamoto, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan
    • ,
  • Hirotaka Iwase

      Affiliations

    • Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo Kumamoto, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan

,Accepted 1 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.suronc.2009.04.001

Surgical Oncology
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