Detection of micrometastases in pelvic lymph nodes in patients with carcinoma of the cervix uteri using step sectioning: Frequency, topographic distribution and prognostic impact

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 276-281

  Horn, Lars Christian ^a   Hentschel, Bettina ^a   Fischer, Uta ^a   Peter, Dana ^a   Bilek, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cervical carcinoma; Metastases; Metastatic disease; Micrometastases; Occult tumor cells; Pelvic lymph nodes; Prognosis; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROMETASTASIS; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55649122078     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2008.07.017     Document Type: Article

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