The accuracy of the sentinel lymph node concept in early stage squamous cell vulvar carcinoma

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 473-477

  Radziszewski, Jakub ^a   Kowalewska, Magdalena ^a   Jedrzejczak, Tomasz ^a   Kozlowicz Gudzinska, Izabella ^a   Nasierowska Guttmejer, Anna ^b   Bidzinski, Mariusz ^a   Siedlecki, Janusz A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^b CENTRAL CLINICAL HOSPITAL   (Poland)

Author keywords

Patent blue V; Sentinel lymph node; Technetium 99m; Vulvar carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN TC 99M COLLOID; CYTOKERATIN; DISULFINE BLUE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INGUINOFEMORAL LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SQUAMOUS CELL VULVAR CARCINOMA; STAINING; VULVA CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; ROSANILINE DYES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 75749093323     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2009.10.072     Document Type: Article

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