Sentinel lymph node in patients with rectal cancer invading the anal canal

Techniques in Coloproctology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-139

  Damin, D C ^a   Tolfo, G C ^a   Rosito, M A ^a   Spiro, B L ^b   Kliemann, L M ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Anal canal; Inguinal nodes; Rectal cancer; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DEXTRAN; DISULFINE BLUE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM CANCER; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANAL CANAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 77955711371     PISSN: 11236337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10151-010-0582-3     Document Type: Article

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