New Fields of Application of the Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in the Pathologic Staging of Solid Neoplasms: Review of Literature and Surgical Perspectives

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 171-179

  Gipponi, Marco ^a   Solari, Nicola ^a   Di Somma, Franco C ^a   Bertoglio, Sergio ^b   Cafiero, Ferdinando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gynecologic cancer; Sentinel lymph node biopsy; Staging; Urologic cancer

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MELANOMA; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; PENIS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SOLID TUMOR; STOMACH CANCER; THYROID CANCER; URINARY TRACT CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VULVA CANCER;

CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, MALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1542378886     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20031     Document Type: Review

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