Update on sentinel lymph node evaluation in gynecologic malignancies

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-12

  Robison, Katina ^a   Holman, Laura L ^a   Moore, Richard G ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical; endometrial; sentinel lymph node; vulva

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ISOSULFAN BLUE; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M; TRACER;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MICROMETASTASIS; MORBIDITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY; VULVA CANCER; VULVECTOMY;

ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78651417070     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GCO.0b013e32834156fb     Document Type: Article

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