Sentinel node dissection in vulvar cancer

Current Treatment Options in Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-91

  Hakim, Amy A ^a   Terada, Keith Y ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

CANCER RECURRENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MICROMETASTASIS; MORBIDITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SEROMA; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; VULVA CANCER; VULVECTOMY; WOUND INFECTION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33644519931     PISSN: 15272729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11864-006-0043-4     Document Type: Review

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