Initial clinical experience with dextran-coated superparamagnetic iron oxide for detection of lymph node metastases in patients with head and neck cancer. - Concepedia

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Initial clinical experience with dextran-coated superparamagnetic iron oxide for detection of lymph node metastases in patients with head and neck cancer.

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1994

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Yoshimi Anzai, K. E. Blackwell, Sharon L. Hirschowitz, J W Rogers, Yutaka Satō, William T. C. Yuh, VM Runge, Michael R. Morris, Stuart J. McLachlan, R B Lufkin

Abstract

MR imaging with iron oxide can enable specific differentiation of metastatic and benign nodes in patients with head and neck cancer. This agent may potentially enhance the detection of metastatic lymph nodes and deserves further investigation.