Usefulness of preoperative lymphoscintigraphy in patients who undergo radical hysterectomy and pelvic lymphadenectomy for cervical cancer

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 194, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1186-1193

  Frumovitz, Michael ^a   Coleman, Robert L ^a   Gayed, Isis W ^b   Ramirez, Pedro T ^a   Wolf, Judith K ^a   Gershenson, David M ^a   Levenback, Charles F ^a  

^a Departments of Gynecologic Oncology

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Intraoperative lymphatic mapping; Lymphoscintigraphy; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TUMOR BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33645889025     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2005.12.018     Document Type: Article

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