Lymphatic mapping and sentinel node biopsy in gynecological cancers: A critical review of the literature

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ayhan, Ali ^a   Celik, Husnu ^b   Dursun, Polat ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN TC 99M COLLOID; ANTIMONY TECHNETIUM SULFIDE TC 99M; CARBON TC 99M COLLOID; DISULFINE BLUE; DYE; ISOSULFAN BLUE; NANOCOLL TC 99M; PHYTATE TC 99M; RADIOISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM 99M; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ALLERGIC REACTION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FROZEN SECTION; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; ISOTOPE LABELING; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; MICROMETASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STAINING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VAGINA CANCER; VULVA CANCER; VULVA MELANOMA; VULVECTOMY; ENDOMETRIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT TUMOR; LYMPH NODE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; VAGINA TUMOR; VULVA TUMOR;

ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL NEOPLASMS; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 44949236122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-6-53     Document Type: Review

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