Quality control in sentinel lymph node biopsy in cervical cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 2930-2931

  Gien, Lilian T ^a   Covens, Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VULVA CANCER; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; STANDARD; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 46449120406     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.16.3964     Document Type: Editorial

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