Author/Editor		Chakera, Annette H.; Hesse, Birger; Burak, Zeynep; Ballinger, James R.; Britten, Allan; Caracò, Corrado; Cochran, Alistair J.; Cook, Martin G.; Drzewiecki, Krzysztof T.; Essner, Richard; Even-Sapir, Einat; Eggermont, Alexander M.M.; Gmeiner, Tanja; Ingvar, Christian; Mihm, Martin C.; McCarthy, Stanley W.; Mozzillo, Nicola; Nieweg, Omgo E.; Scolyer, Richard A.; Starz, Hans; Thompson, John F.; Trifiró, Giuseppe; Viale, Giuseppe; Vidal-Sicart, Sergi; Uren, Roger F.; Waddington, Wendy; Chiti, Arturo; Spatz, Alain; Testori, Alessandro
Title		EANM-EORTC general recommendations for sentinel node diagnostics in melanoma
Type		članek
Vol. and No.		Letnik 36, št. 10
Publication year		2009
Volume		str. 1713-1742
ISSN		1619-7070 - European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging
Language		eng
Abstract		The accurate diagnosis of a sentinel node in melanoma includes a sequence of procedures from different medical specialities (nuclear medicine, surgery, oncology, and pathology). The items covered are presented in 11 sections and areference list: (1) definition of a sentinel node, (2) clinical indications, (3) radiopharmaceuticals and activity injected, (4) dosimetry, (5) injection technique, (6) image acquisition and interpretation, (7) report and display, (8) use of dye, (9) gamma probe detection, (10) surgical techniques in sentinel node biopsy, and (11) pathological evaluation of melanoma-draining sentinel lymph nodes. If specific recommendations given cannot be based on evidence from original, scientific studies, referral is given to Ćgeneral consensusĆ and similar expressions. The recommendations are designed to assistin the practice of referral to, performance, interpretation and reporting of all steps of the sentinel node procedure in the hope of setting state-of-the-art standards for good-quality evaluation of possible spread to the lymphatic system in intermediate-to-high risk melanoma without clinical signs of dissemination.
Keywords		melanom klinične indikacije radiofarmacija radiacija, varnost