Sentinel lymph node procedure in patients with epidermoid carcinoma of the anal canal early experience

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1032-1037

  Damin, Daniel C ^a,b   Rosito, Mario A ^a   Gus, Pedro ^a   Spiro, Bernardo L ^a   Amaral, Beatriz B ^a   Meurer, Luise ^a   Cartel, Andre ^a   Schwartsmann, Gilberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anal cancer; Anal carcinoma; Inguinal nodes; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; DEXTRAN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PANCYTOKERATIN; TECHNETIUM 99M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS CARCINOMA; ANUS SURGERY; ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INGUINAL REGION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STAINING; STANDARDIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; ANUS NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 0043030029     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-7277-7     Document Type: Article

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