Antimony by ICP-MS as a marker for sentinel lymph nodes in melanoma patients

Michael Dawson; Philip Doble; Alison Beavis; Ling-Xi L Li; Robyne Soper; Richard A Scolyer; Roger F Uren; John F Thompson

doi:10.1039/b300527e

Antimony by ICP-MS as a marker for sentinel lymph nodes in melanoma patients

Analyst. 2003 Mar;128(3):217-9. doi: 10.1039/b300527e.

Authors

Michael Dawson¹, Philip Doble, Alison Beavis, Ling-Xi L Li, Robyne Soper, Richard A Scolyer, Roger F Uren, John F Thompson

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Materials and Forensic Science, University of Technology, Sydney, 1 Broadway, Broadway, NSW 2007, Australia. Michael.Dawson@uts.edu.au

PMID: 12705377
DOI: 10.1039/b300527e

Abstract

A sensitive, accurate and specific method for the analysis of antimony by ICP-MS is presented as a marker of the sentinel lymph node in melanoma patients.

MeSH terms

Antimony / analysis*
Biomarkers / analysis
Humans
Lymph Nodes / chemistry*
Mass Spectrometry / methods
Melanoma / pathology*
Microwaves
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy / methods*
Skin Neoplasms / pathology*

Substances

Biomarkers
Antimony