Download or read book Atlas of Selective Sentinel Lymphadenectomy for Melanoma, Breast Cancer and Colon Cancer written by Stanley P. L. Leong and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-04-18 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Atlas of Selective Lymphadenectomy for Melanoma, Breast Cancer and Colon Cancer emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach combining the experiences of a nuclear medicine physician, surgeon, and pathologist. This is an important reference also for researchers and clinicians who want to become familiar with sentinel lymph node mapping. The underlying thesis in solid tumor biology is that metastasis in general starts in an orderly progression with lymphatic spread first to the sentinel lymph node (SLN) in the nearest lymph node basin. Therefore, the logical approach is to harvest that specific SLN for thorough analysis.