Evaluation of dynamic sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the penis and palpable inguinal nodes

BJU International

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 305-309

  Heyns, Chris F ^a   Theron, Pieter D ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cancer; Lymph node; Penis; Scintigraphy; Sentinel; Squamous

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; NANOCOLL TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCINTISCANNING; CANCER STAGING; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PENIS AMPUTATION; PENIS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STAINING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PENILE NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 47649083197     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.07628.x     Document Type: Article

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