Inguinal sentinel lymph node biopsy for staging anal cancer

Scandinavian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 336-338

  Péley, Gábor ^a   Farkas, E ^a   Sinkovics, I ^a   Kovacs T ^a   Keresztes, S ^a   Orosz, Z ^a   Koves I ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Anal carcinoma; Lymphatic mapping; Lymphoscintigraphy; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

SENTI SCINT; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036971698     PISSN: 14574969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/145749690209100405     Document Type: Article

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