Effects of previous surgery on the detection of sentinel nodes in women with vulvar cancer

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1679-1683

  Ennik, Tessa A ^a,b   Allen, David G ^a   Bekkers, Ruud L M ^b   Hyde, Simon E ^a   Grant, Peter T ^a  

^a MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Previous surgery; Scintigraphic appearance time; Sentinel lymph node; Sentinel node detection rate; Sentinel node false negative rate; Vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

DYE; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGUINAL REGION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; VULVA CANCER; VULVECTOMY; AGED; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; STANDARD; VULVA TUMOR;

AGED; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84857437639     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0b013e31822dbe3c     Document Type: Article

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