Status of sentinel lymph node biopsy in gynecological cancers

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-20

  Levenback, Charles F ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 38049172839     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-007-9516-3     Document Type: Editorial

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