Comparison of recurrence after vulvectomy and lymphadenectomy with and without sentinel node biopsy in early stage vulvar cancer

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 865-870

  Martínez Palones, José M ^a   Pérez Benavente, María A ^a   Gil Moreno, Antonio ^a   Díaz Feijoo, Berta ^a   Roca, Isabel ^b   García Jiménez, Angel ^b   Aguilar Martínez, Ignacio ^a   Xercavins, Jordi ^a  

^a HOSPITAL MATERNO INFANTIL VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lymphadenectomy; Lymphatic mapping; Recurrence; Sentinel lymph node; Vulvar cancer; Vulvectomy

Indexed keywords

ALBU-RES; ALBUMIN TC 99M COLLOID; ISOSULFAN BLUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVA CARCINOMA; VULVECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33751427180     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2006.05.024     Document Type: Article

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