TY - JOUR
T1 - EANM-EORTC general recommendations for sentinel node diagnostics in melanoma
AU - Chakera, Annette H
AU - Hesse, Birger
AU - Burak, Zeynep
AU - Ballinger, James R
AU - Britten, Allan
AU - Caracò, Corrado
AU - Cochran, Alistair J
AU - Cook, Martin G
AU - Drzewiecki, Krzysztof T
AU - Essner, Richard
AU - Even-Sapir, Einat
AU - Eggermont, Alexander M M
AU - Stopar, Tanja Gmeiner
AU - Ingvar, Christian
AU - Mihm, Martin C
AU - McCarthy, Stanley W
AU - Mozzillo, Nicola
AU - Nieweg, Omgo E
AU - Scolyer, Richard A
AU - Starz, Hans
AU - Thompson, John F
AU - Trifirò, Giuseppe
AU - Viale, Giuseppe
AU - Vidal-Sicart, Sergi
AU - Uren, Roger
AU - Waddington, Wendy
AU - Chiti, Arturo
AU - Spatz, Alain
AU - Testori, Alessandro
AU - European Association of Nuclear Medicine-European Organisation for Research and
PY - 2009/10
Y1 - 2009/10
N2 - 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 a reference 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 "general consensus" and similar expressions. The recommendations are designed to assist in 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.
AB - 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 a reference 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 "general consensus" and similar expressions. The recommendations are designed to assist in 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.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adult
KW - Child
KW - Female
KW - Humans
KW - Infant
KW - Lymphatic Metastasis
KW - Male
KW - Melanoma
KW - Pregnancy
KW - Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic
KW - Radiation Protection
KW - Radiopharmaceuticals
KW - Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
KW - Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
U2 - 10.1007/s00259-009-1228-4
DO - 10.1007/s00259-009-1228-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 19714329
SN - 1619-7070
VL - 36
SP - 1713
EP - 1742
JO - European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
JF - European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
IS - 10
M1 - N/A
ER -