Implication of the examining pathologist to meet the oncologic standard of lymph node count after laparoscopic lymphadenectomy

Oncology

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 161-167

  Lanowska, Malgorzata ^a   Vasiljeva, Jekaterina ^a   Chiantera, Vito ^a   Marnitz, Simone ^a   Schneider, Achim ^a   Rudolph, Birgit ^a   Köhler, Christhardt ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gynecologic oncology; Laparoscopic lymphadenectomy; Lymph node number

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PATHOLOGY; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VULVA CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; PELVIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952606256     PISSN: 00302414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322158     Document Type: Article

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