Atlas of Selective Sentinel Lymphadenectomy for Melanoma, Breast Cancer and Colon Cancer:111 (Cancer Treatment and Research, 111)

by: Stanley P. L. Leong (Editor)

Publisher: Springer
Edition:2002nd

Publication Date: 31 Oct. 2002

Language: English

Print Length: 128 pages

ISBN-10: 1402070136

ISBN-13: 9781402070136

Book Description

Atlas of Selective Lymphadenectomy for Melanoma, Breast Cancer and Colon Cancer emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach combining the experiences of a nuclear medicine physician, surgeon, and pathologist. This is an important reference also for researchers and clinicians who want to become familiar with sentinel lymph node mapping. The underlying thesis in solid tumor biology is that metastasis in general starts in an orderly progression with lymphatic spread first to the sentinel lymph node (SLN) in the nearest lymph node basin. Therefore, the logical approach is to harvest that specific SLN for thorough analysis.