Lymphoscintigraphy to Detect Early Metastases in Patients With Cancer of the Mouth or Throat

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Conditions studied: Head and Neck Cancer

In brief

RATIONALE: New imaging procedures such as lymphoscintigraphy may improve the ability to detect the spread of mouth and throat cancer to lymph nodes in the neck. PURPOSE: Pilot study of lymphoscintigraphy followed by sentinel lymph node mapping and sentinel lymph node biopsy to detect lymph node metastases in the neck in patients who have mouth or throat cancer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00012168

Run by

NYU Langone Health

Starts

1999-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-03-11

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

• NYU School of Medicine's Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center — New York, New York, United States

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