Sentinel lymph nodes in cancer of the oral cavity: Is central step-sectioning enough?

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 425-429

  Thomsen, Jørn Bo ^a   Christensen, Rikke Kølby ^a   Sørensen, Jens Ahm ^a   Krogdahl, Annelise ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Extended histology; Metastases; Oral cancer; Sentinel lymph node; Step sectioning

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MICROMETASTASIS; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING ERROR; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TISSUE SECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COLORING AGENTS; EOSINE YELLOWISH-(YS); FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOXYLIN; HUMANS; KERATINS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MICROTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34447120177     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: 16000714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2007.00538.x     Document Type: Article

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