Technetium Tc 99m-dextran

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-008568",
  "term": "Technetium Tc 99m-dextran",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A substance being studied as a way to find sentinel lymph nodes in some types of skin cancer and breast cancer. It contains a radioactive substance called technetium linked to a substance called dextran. Dextran helps technetium stay in blood and lymph vessels after it is injected. A machine or probe that detects radioactivity shows which lymph nodes near the tumor have technetium Tc 99m-dextran in them. Also called 99m-Tc-Dx and Tc-99m Dextran.",
  "synonyms": [
    "99m-Tc-Dx",
    "Tc-99m Dextran"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/technetium-tc-99m-dextran/"
}