Pelvic and aortic lymphadenectomy in cervical cancer: The standardization of surgical procedure and its clinical impact

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 284-290

  Benedetti Panici, Pierluigi ^a   Basile, Stefano ^a   Angioli, Roberto ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic lymphadenectomy; Cervical cancer; Pelvic lymphadenectomy

Indexed keywords

AORTIC LYMPHADENECTOMY; CANCER IMMUNOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

AORTA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; PELVIS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 63749109904     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2008.12.014     Document Type: Review

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