BACKGROUND: Aim ot the study was to assess the role of planar lymphoscintigraphy and fusion imaging of SPECT/CT in sentinel lymph node (SLN) detection in patients with various types of tumours and to estimate some factors influencing detection success -age and body mass index.
MATERIAL AND METHODS:Planar scintigraphy and hybrid modality SPECT/CT were performed in 550 consecutive patients
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