Sentinel node dissection and ultrastaging in squamous cell cancer of the vulva

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 40-44

  Terada, Keith Y ^a   Shimizu, David M ^a   Wong, Jan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer of the vulva; Micrometastases; Sentinel node dissection; Ultrastaging

Indexed keywords

ISOSULFAN BLUE; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VULVA CARCINOMA;

EID: 0033970731     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1999.5660     Document Type: Article

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