Sentinel node biopsy in anal cancer - A promising strategy to individualize therapy

Onkologie

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 456-460

  Ulmer, C ^a   Bembenek, A ^a   Gretschel, S ^a   Markwardt, J ^a   Koswig, S ^a   Slisow, W ^a   Schneider, U ^a   Schlag, P M ^a  

^a Section of Pathology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anal cancer; Lymph node metastases; Sentinel lymph node; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

NANOCIS; RADIOISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METASTASIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STAINING; TISSUE SECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANUS NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURVIVAL RATE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 0242405684     PISSN: 0378584X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072979     Document Type: Article

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