The sentinel node in gynaecological malignancies

Cancer Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-15

  Balega, J ^a   Van Trappen, P O ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Endometrial cancer; Lymphatic mapping; Sentinel node; Vulval cancer

Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; UTERUS; VULVA TUMOR;

CERVIX UTERI; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHOGRAPHY; NEOPLASM STAGING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; UTERUS; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33645226961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14707330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1102/1470-7330.2006.0002     Document Type: Article

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