Girolamo Tartaglione, Sandro J Stoeckli, Remco de Bree, Clare Schilling, Geke B Flach, Vivi Bakholdt, Jens Ahm Sorensen, Anders Bilde, Christian von Buchwald, Georges Lawson, Didier Dequanter, Pedro M Villarreal, Manuel Florentino Fresno Forcelledo, Julio Alvarez Amezaga, Augusto Moreira, Tito Poli, Cesare Grandi, Maurizio Giovanni Vigili, Michael O'Doherty, Davide Donner, Elisabeth Bloemena, Siavash Rahimi, Benjamin Gurney, Stephan K Haerle, Martina A Broglie, Gerhard F Huber, Annelise L Krogdah, Lars R Sebbesen, Edward Odell, Luis Manuel Junquera Gutierrez, Luis Barbier, Joseba Santamaria-Zuazua, Manuel Jacome, Marie-Cecile Nollevaux, Emma Bragantini, Philippe Lothaire, Enrico M Silini, Enrico Sesenna, Giles Dolivet, Romina Mastronicola, Agnes Leroux, Isabel Sassoon, Philip Sloan, Patrick M Colletti, Domenico Rubello, Mark McGurk
PURPOSE: Nuclear imaging plays a crucial role in lymphatic mapping of oral cancer. This evaluation represents a subanalysis of the original multicenter SENT trial data set, involving 434 patients with T1-T2, N0, and M0 oral squamous cell carcinoma. The impact of acquisition techniques, tracer injection timing relative to surgery, and causes of false-negative rate were assessed. METHODS: Three to 24 hours before surgery, all patients received a dose of Tc-nanocolloid (10-175 MBq), followed by lymphoscintigraphy...
July 2016: Clinical Nuclear Medicine