ISBN: 3-540-66642-7
TITLE: Lymphatic Metastasis and Sentinel Lymphonodectomy
AUTHOR: Schlag, P.M.; Veronesi, Umberto (Eds.)
TOC:

I. Clinical Assessment of Lymph Node Metastases
Efficacy of Immunoscintigraphy for Detection
of Lymph Node Metastases 3
K.E. Britton, H. Jan, A.R. Al-Yasi, L. Biassoni, M.J. Carroll,
and M. Granowska
Sensitivity and Specificity of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) for the Diagnosis of Lymph Node Metastases 12
L. G. Strauss
Diagnosis and Staging of Lymph Node Metastases 20
Ch. Wittekind
Detection and Relevance of Immunohistochemically Identifiable Tumor Cells in Lymph Nodes 29
B. Passlick and K. Pantel
II. Principles of Lymphatic Metastasis Cell Biology of Lymphatic Metastases: The Potential Role of c-erbB Oncogene Signalling 41
S.A. Eccles
The Lymph Node as a Bridgehead in the Metastatic Disseminationof Tumors 55
J.P. Sleeman
Functional Anatomy of Lymphatic Vessels Under the Aspect of Tumor Invasion 82
A.-A. Duenne and J.A. Werner
Molecular Diagnosis of Head and Neck Cancer 90
V.M.M. van Houten, M.W.M. van den Brekel, F. Denkers, D.R. Colnot, J. Westerga, P.J. van Diest, G.B. Snow, and R.H. Brakenhoff
III. Principles of Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Detection
The Concept of the Sentinel Lymph Node 109
R.M. Cabanas
Sentinel Node Localization by Lymphoscintigraphy: A Reliable Technique with Widespread Applications 121
G. Paganelli, C. De Cicco, and M. Chinol
Vital Dye and Radiolabelled Colloids - Complement or Alternative 130
R. Pijpers, P.J. Borgstein, G.J.J. Teule, and S. Meijer
IV. Sentinel Node Detection in Urogenital Cancer
Application of the Sentinel Node Concept in Urogenital Cancer 141
R.M. Cabanas
Intraoperative Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Identification: Gynecologic Applications 150
C. Levenback
V. Sentinel Node Detection in Malignant Melanoma
Sentinel Node Detection in Malignant Melanoma 161
A.D. Chan and D.L. Morton
Adjuvant Therapy of Malignant Melanoma and the Role of Sentinel Node Mapping 178
A.M.M. Eggermont
VI. Sentinel Node Detection in Neck and Thyroid Cancer
Selective Neck Dissection and Sentinel Node Biopsy in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinomas 193
G. Mamelle
Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection for Thyroid Malignancy 201
P.I. Haigh and A.E. Giuliano
Lymphoscintigraphy and Ultrasound Guided Fine Needle Aspiration
Cytology of Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Head and Neck Cancer Patients 206
E.J.C. Nieuwenhuis, D.R. Colnot, H.J. Pijpers,
J.A. Castelijns, P.J. van Diest, R.H. Brakenhoff, G.B. Snow, and M.W.M. van den Brekel
VII. Sentinel Node Detection in Breast Cancer
Present and Future of Sentinel Node Lymphadenectomy in Breast Cancer 221
U. Veronesi and S. Zurrida
Specification of Potential Indications and Contraindications of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Breast Cancer 228
P.M. Schlag and A. Bembenek
Potential and Pitfalls of Sentinel Node Detection in Breast Cancer 237
K.U. Chu and A.E. Giuliano
VIII. Sentinel Node Detection in Gastric Cancer
Gastric Lymphography and Detection of Sentinel Nodes 253
T. Sano, H. Katei, M. Sasako, and K. Maruyama
Potential and Futility of Sentinel Node Detection for Gastric Cancer 259
J.R. Siewert and A. Sendler
IX. Sentinel Node Detection in Colorectal Cancer
Probe Guided Surgery for Colorectal Cancer 273
P. Lechner, P. Lind, M. Snyder, and H. Haushofer
Identification of Lymph Node Metastases in Recurrent Colorectal Cancer 281
S. Schneebaum, A. Troitsa, S. Avital, R. Haddad, H. Kashtan,
G. Gitstein, M. Baratz, E. Brazovsky, M. Papo, and Y. Skornick
Fluorescence as a Concept in Colorectal Lymph Node Diagnosis 293
K.T. Moesta, B. Ebert, T. Handke, H. Rinneberg, and P.M. Schlag
Subject Index 305
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