Sentinel lymph node biopsy in the management of vulvar carcinoma, cervical cancer, and endometrial cancer

Oncologist

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 695-705

  Zivanovic, Oliver ^a   Khoury Collado, Fady ^a   Abu Rustum, Nadeem R ^a   Gemignani, Mary L ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Endometrial cancer; Regional lymphadenectomy; Sentinel lymph node biopsy; SLN biopsy; Staging procedures; Vulvar carcinoma

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL HYSTERECTOMY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VULVA CARCINOMA;

FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 68449098923     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2009-0075     Document Type: Review

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