Browsing by Author "Panieri, Eugene"

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    Pre-operative diagnosis of thyroid cancer : clinical, radiological and pathological correlation
    (2011) Cairncross, Lydia Leone; Panieri, Eugene
    Primary Aim: assess the accuracy of pre operative diagnosis of thyroid cancer in a single centre. Secondary Aims: evaluate the impact of preoperative diagnosis on surgical interventions for thyroid carcinoma; develop locally applicable guidelines for patients with nodular disease of the thyroid.
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    The use of lymphoscintigraphy to localise the sentinel lymph node
    (2005) Korowlay, Nisaar Ahmed; Panieri, Eugene
    Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy is being used increasingly for staging early breast carcinoma in place of complete axillary lymph node dissection. The optimal method to identify the SLN and has not been clearly elucidated in the literature. A number of techniques have been proposed for identifying SLN/s. The main debate centres on whether to use a blue dye or radiopharmaceutical method either singly or in combination.