Validation of the accuracy of the sentinel lymph node procedure in patients with vulvar cancer: Results of a multicenter study in Germany

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 282-288

  Hampl, Monika ^a   Hantschmann, P ^b   Michels, W ^c   Hillemanns, P ^d  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Women's Hospital   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

False negative rate; Midline tumors; Sentinel node biopsy; Vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; VULVA CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROSANILINE DYES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 55649109626     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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