Use of sentinel node mapping for cancer of the colon: 'To map or not to map'

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 606-611

  Thomas, Kristen A ^a   Lechner, Jonathan ^a   Shen, Perry ^a   Waters, Gregory S ^a   Geisinger, Kim R ^a   Levine, Edward A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; ISOSULFAN BLUE; COLORING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORESCENT DYE; FUCHSINE; ISO SULFAN BLUE; ISO-SULFAN BLUE; KERATIN;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER STAGING; COLON CARCINOMA; COLON SURGERY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PILOT STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COLON RESECTION; COLON TUMOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; COLECTOMY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLORING AGENTS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; KERATINS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; ROSANILINE DYES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 33748106885     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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