Further data on the usefulness of sentinel lymph node identification and ultrastaging in vulvar squamous cell carcinoma

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-34

  Puig Tintoré, Luis M ^a   Ordi, Jaume ^a   Vidal Sicart, Sergi ^a   Lejárcegui, José A ^a   Torné, Aureli ^a   Pahisa, Jaume ^a   Iglesias, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Groin; Scintigraphy; Sentinel node; Vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

CARBENE; CYTOKERATIN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; ISOSULFAN BLUE; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMPLANT; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MORBIDITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE SECTION; VULVA CARCINOMA;

EID: 0037229048     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.2002.6857     Document Type: Article

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