The role of high resolution ultrasound with guided cytology of groin lymph nodes in the management of squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva: A pilot study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 863-867

  Moskovic, E C ^a   Shepherd, J H ^a   Barton, D P J ^a   Trott, P A ^a   Nasiri, N ^a   Thomas, J M ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VULVA CARCINOMA; VULVECTOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032777825     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08411.x     Document Type: Article

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