The Sentinel Lymph Node Concept

1. Definition of the Sentinel Lymph Node and Basic Principles of Detection

2. Main Techniques of Sentinel Lymph Node Labeling

3. Different Aspects Dependent on Type and Localization of the Primary

4. Basic Strategies in Sentinel Node Detection and Exclusion or Verification of Cancer Metastasis into the Regional Node(s)

5. Positron Emission Tomography: Significance for Preoperative N-Staging
N. Avril, W. Weber, M. Schwaiger

6. Detection and Radiological Imaging of SLN

7. Lymphatic Drainage to the SLN

8. Specific Developments in Sentinel Node Labeling Using 99mTc-Colloids

9. Experience with and Suggestions for Cancer of Different Types and in Different Sites

10. General Techniques in Surgical Investigations

11. Radiation-Detecting Systems

12. Quality Criteria of Gamma Probes: Requirements and Future Developments
H. Wengenmair, J. Kopp, J. Sciuk

13. Statistical Evaluation in Detection of the SLN(s)

14. Are the Technical Conditions for SLN Detection Satisfactory?

15. Breast Cancer Diagnosis Based on Histopathology and/or Cytopathology Before Sentinel Lymph Node Labeling

16. Success of Stereotactic Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology Depending on Quality of Sampling
I. Ruschenburg, B.H. Kamphausen, T. Töllner

17. Use of a Newly Developed Ultrarapid Immunohistochemical Method to Improve Security in Sentinel Node Investigation and Timing in Interdisciplinary Cooperation
J. Nährig, H. Höfler

18. “Micrometastasis” Versus “Microinvolvement”

19. Preoperative Axillary Lymph Node Diagnosis Using Ultrasmall Particles of Iron Oxide Combined with MRT
S.H. Heywang-Köbrunner, C. Stets, J. Buchmann, C. Lautenschläger, F. Gilbert, F. Wallis, 0A. Hupperts, M. Reiser, A. Schauer

20. New Strategies and Devices for Combined Radiological and Histological Cancer Diagnosis — Exclusion or Confirmation

21. Breast Cancer

22. Thyroid Cancer

23. Cancers of the Face, Nose, Pharynx, and Oral Cavity

24. Lung Cancer

25. Malignant Melanoma

26. Esophageal and Gastrointestinal Cancer
A. Schauer, M. Schauer

27. SLN Staging in Carcinoids and Neuroendocrine Tumors
A. Schauer, M. Schauer, U. Ritzel

28. The Sentinel Node Concept in Cancers of the Female Genitalia

29. Cancers of the Male Genitalia

30. Prostate Cancer: an Overview

31. Cancers of the Urinary Tract

32. Closing Remarks

33. Therapy Regimens Used in Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Treatment of the Discussed Tumor Types
K. Possinger, A. Schauer, F. Griesinger, A. C. Roever

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Nuclear Medicine, Pathology, Surgery, Gynecology