Breast Cancer

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  • Cody,III HS: Clinical aspects of sentinel node biopsy. Breast Cancer Research, 2001, 3:104-108.
  • Ganaraj A, Kuhn JA, Jones RC, Grant MD, Andrews VR, Knox SM, Netto GJ, Altrabulsi B, Livingston SA, McCarty TM: Predictors for nonsentinel node involvement in breast cancer patients with micrometastases in the sentinel lymph node. BUM Proceedings, 2003, 16:3-6.
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  • Jeruss JS, Winchester DJ, Sener SF, Brinkmann EM, Bilimoria MM, Berrera, Jr. E, Alwawi E, Nickolov A, Schermerhorn GM, Winchester DJ: Axillary Recurrence After Sentinel Node Biopsy. Annals of Surgical Oncology, 2005, 12(1):34-40.
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Melanoma

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  • Carlson GW, Murray DR, Greenlee R, Alazraki N, Fry-Spray C, Poole R, Blais M, Hestley A, Vansant J: Management of Malignant Melanoma of the Head and Neck Using Dynamic Lymphoscinitigraphy and Gamma Probe-Guided Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 2000, 126:433-437.
  • Evans HL, Krag DN, Teates CD, Patterson JW, Meijer S, Harlow SP, Tanabe KK, Loggie BW, Whitworth PW, Kusminsky RE, Carp NZ, Gadd MA, Slingluff,Jr CL: Lymphoscintigraphy and Sentinel Node Biopsy Accurately Stage Melanoma in Patients Presenting After Wide Local Excision. Annals of Surg Oncol, 2003, 10(4):416-425.
  • Gietema HA, Vuylsteke RJCLM, deJonge IA, van Leeuwen PAM, Molenkamp BG, van der Sijp JRM, van Diest PJ: Sentinel lymph node investigation in melanoma: detailed analysis of the yield from step sectioning and immunohistochemistry. J Clinical Pathology, 2004, 57:618-620.
  • Harlow SP, Krag DN, Ashikaga T, Weaver DL, Meijer SJ, Loggie BW, Tanabe KK, Whitworth,Jr P, Kuhn J, Kusminsky R, Carp NZ, Gadd M, Rawlings,Jr M Slingluff,Jr CL: Gamma probe guided biopsy of the sentinel node in malignant melanoma: a multicentre study. Melanoma Research, 2001, 11:45-55.

Sentinel Node Biopsy

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  • Kotz, D: Cancer staging technique holds promise. J Nuc Med, 1997, 38(6):15N-16N, 20N.
  • Krag DN: Minimal access surgery for staging regional lymph nodes: The sentinel-node concept. Current Problems in Surgery, 1998, 35(11): 951-1018.
  • Maza S, Taupitz M, Taymoorian K, Winzer KJ, Rückert J, Paschen C, Räber G, Schneider S, Trefzer U, Munz D: Multimodal fusion imaging ensemble for targeted sentinel lymph node management: initial results of an innovative promising approach for anatomically difficult lymphatic drainage in different tumour entities.Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging, 2007, 34:378-383.
  • Wilhelm AJ, Mijnhout SG, Franssen EJF: Radiopharmaceuticals in Sentinel Lymph-node Detection - an Overview. Eur J Nucl Med, 1999, 26(Suppl):S36-S42.

Parathyroid Adenoma

  • Gulec SA, Ugur O: The Intellectual and Scientific Basis of Parathyroid Surgery. Turk J Med Sci, 2003, 34:81-84.
  • Mariani G, Gulec S, Rubello D, Boni G, Puccini M, Pelizzo MR, Manca G, Casara D, Sotti G, Erba P, Volterrani D, Guiliano AE: Preoperative Localization and Radioguided Parathyroid Surgery. J Nuc Med, 2003, 44:1443-1458.
  • Rubello D, Pelizzo MR, Boni G, Schiavo R, Vaggelli L, Villa G, Sandrucci S, Piotto A, Manca G, Marini P, Mariani G: Radioguided Surgery of Primary Hyperparathyroidism Using the Low-Dose Tc99-Sestamibi Protocol: Multiinstitutional Experience from the Italian Study Group on Radioguided Surgery and Immunoscintigraphy (GISCRIS). J Nuc Med, 2005, 46:220-226.
  • Rubello D, Gross MK, Mariani G, Al-Nahhas A: Scintigraphic techniques in primary hyperparathyroidism: from pre-operative localization to intra-operative imaging. Eur J Nucl Med, 2007, 34:926-933.
  • Sidiropoulos N, Vento J, Malchoff C, Whalen G: Radioguided Tumorectomy in the Management of Parathyroid Adenomas. Archives of Surgery, 2003, 138:716-720.

OmniProbe® PET

  • Gulec SA, Hoenie E, Hostetter R, Schwartzentruber D: PET probe-guided surgery: applications and clinical protocol. World J of Surgical Oncology, 2007, 1-7 (page number not for citation purposes).

OmniProbe® EL

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  • Daniel, Thomas M: A Proposed Diagnostic Approach to the Patient with the Subcentimeter Pulmonary Nodule: Techniques that Facilitate Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery Excision. Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2005, 17:115-122.

Gamma Probe Comparisons and Evaluations

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  • Perkins AC and Britten A J: Specification and performance of intra-operative gamma probes for sentinel node detection. Nuclear Medicine Comm, 1999, 309-315.
  • Kwo DP, Barber HB, Barrett HH, Hickernell TS: Comparison of NaI(TI), CdTe, and Hgl2 surgical probes: Effect of scatter compensation on probe performance. Am Assoc Phys Med, 1991, 18(3):382-389.
  • Mariani G, Vaiano A, Nibale O, Rubello D: Is the "Ideal" gamma probe for intraoperative radioguided surgery conceivable? J Nuc Med, 2005, 46:388-390.
  • Schneebaum S, Even-Sapir E, Cohen M, Shacham-Lehrman H, Gat A, Brazovsky E, Livshitz G, Stadler J, Skornick Y: Clinical applications of gamma-detection probes - radioguided surgery. Eur J Nucl Med, 1999, 26S:S26-S35.
  • Wengenmair H, Kopp J: Gamma probes for Sentinel Lymph Node Localization: Quality criteria, minimal requirements and quality of commercially available systems. 2005.
  • Zanzonico P, Heller S: The Intraoperative Gamma Probe: Basic Principles and Choices Available. Seminars in Nuclear Medicine, 2000, 30(1):33-48.