The usefulness of sentinel lymph node detection in vulvar cancer - A short communication

Nuclear Medicine Review

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 81-83

  Sawicki, Sambor ^a   Romanowicz, Grzegorz ^a   Wydra, Dariusz ^a   Lass, Piotr ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Lymphoscintigraphy; Sentinel lymph node; Vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

EVANS BLUE; METHYLEN BLAU VITIS; NANOCOLL TC 99M; TECHNETIUM 99M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STAINING; VULVA CANCER; VULVECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79958830379     PISSN: 15069680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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