A comparison of quality of life between vulvar cancer patients after sentinel lymph node procedure only and inguinofemoral lymphadenectomy

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 301-305

  Oonk, M H M ^a   van Os, M A ^b   de Bock, G H ^a   de Hullu, J A ^c   Ansink, A C ^d   van der Zee, A G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lymphadenectomy; Quality of life; Sentinel lymph node; Vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; VULVA CARCINOMA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHEDEMA; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 65449141286     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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