Sentinel lymph node in vulvar cancer - A pilot study to identify and assess the diagnostic value

Nowotwory

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 270-274

  Radziszewski, Jakub ^a   Bidziński, Mariusz ^a   Panek, Grzegorz ^a   Sobiczewski, Piotr ^a   Derlatka, Paweł ^a   Nasierowska Guttmejer, Anna ^a   Kozłowicz Gudzińska, Izabella ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Lymphoscintigraphy; Sentinel node; Vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

DYE; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; PROGNOSIS; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STAINING; VULVA CANCER; VULVECTOMY;

EID: 0038755199     PISSN: 0029540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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