Tomographic Gallium-67 Citrate Scanning Useful New Surveillance for Metastatic Melanoma
KIRKWOOD J, MYERS J, VLOCK D, NEUMANN R, ARIYAN S, GOTTSCHALK A, HOFFER P. Tomographic Gallium-67 Citrate Scanning Useful New Surveillance for Metastatic Melanoma. Annals Of Surgery 1983, 198: 102-107. PMID: 6859984, PMCID: PMC1352941, DOI: 10.1097/00000658-198307000-00020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLymph nodesMetastatic melanomaTomographic scanBone sitesEvident lymph nodesIndependent clinical evaluationProspective surveillance studyPeripheral lymph nodesSoft tissue sitesLymphatic sitesMediastinal sitesGallium scanGallium imagingPulmonary sitesClinical evaluationTomographic scanningAbdominal sitesGallium uptakeBrain sitesOsseous sitesSurveillance studyDiscordant findingsTissue sitesOverall sensitivityMelanoma