Assessment of the sentinel lymph node in patients with invasive squamous carcinoma of the vulva

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1209-1214

  Achimas Cadariu, Patriciu ^a,b   Harter, Philipp ^a   Fisseler Eckhoff, Annette ^a   Beutel, Bianca ^a   Traut, Alexander ^a   Bois, Andreas Du ^a  

^a DR HORST SCHMIDT KLINIKEN   (Germany)

^b IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Groin dissection; Sentinel lymph node technique; Vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGIC SKIN REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGUINAL REGION; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME; VULVA CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70449604823     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016340903317982     Document Type: Article

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