SLNB and the importance of micrometastases in vulvar squamous cell carcinoma

Surgical Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 219-225

  Knopp, Synne ^a   Nesland, Jahn M ^b   Tropé, Claes ^b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Micrometastasis; Sentinel lymph node biopsy; Step sectioning; Vulvar squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROMETASTASIS; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VULVA CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 50049124434     PISSN: 09607404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suronc.2008.05.001     Document Type: Review

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