Evaluation of sentinel node detection in vulvar cancer

Nuclear Medicine Review

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 128-130

  Wydra, Dariusz ^a   Sawicki, Sambor ^a   Emerich, Janusz ^a   Romanowicz, Grzegorz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Sentinel lymph node; Vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

METHYLENBLAU VITIS; METHYLENE BLUE; TECHNETIUM 99M; TRACER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLITORIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; TUMOR GROWTH; VULVA CANCER; VULVECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GROIN; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 30944464294     PISSN: 15069680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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