Occult lymph node metastases in early stage vulvar carcinoma patients

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 383-387

  Knopp, Synne ^a   Holm, Ruth ^a   Tropé, Claes ^a   Nesland, Jahn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cytokeratin AE1 AE3; Immunostaining; Serial sectioning

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN AE3; EOSIN; FORMALDEHYDE; HEMATOXYLIN; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; OCCULT CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STAINING; TISSUE SECTION; VULVA CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EOSINE YELLOWISH-(YS); FEMALE; HEMATOXYLIN; HUMANS; KERATINS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAINING AND LABELING; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 27144457425     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2005.06.023     Document Type: Article

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