title: [Oral cancer].
abstract: This paper reviews the Japanese literature regarding sentinel lymph node localization in head and neck surgery and relevant domestic and foreign articles from other fields of medicine, and reports our results. Even though we have less experience with it in Japan, we believe the sentinel node concept for the head and neck region will be established. Further investigation and practical application in clinical settings are anticipated in the future.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Head and Neck Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, 1-1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8681, Japan.
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Terada
authors.forename: Yasuhisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
mesh_terms: D005544:Forecasting; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D013671:Technetium Tc 99m Sulfur Colloid