How important is size of sentinel lymph-node metastases in patients with vulvar cancer?

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 607-608

  Levenback, C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; ISOLATED TUMOR CELL; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR CELL; VULVA CANCER; FEMALE; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VULVA TUMOR;

FEMALE; GROIN; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77954906152     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(10)70124-8     Document Type: Note

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