Up-to-date management of lymph node metastasis and the role of tailored lymphadenectomy in cervical cancer

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 165-175

  Sakuragi, Noriaki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; MOLECULAR MARKER; TUMOR MARKER;

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34250614354     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-007-0661-2     Document Type: Review

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