Detection and credibility of sentinel node in vulvar cancer: A single institutional study and short review of literature

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 284, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1551-1556

  Akrivos, Nikolaos ^a   Rodolakis, Alexandros ^a   Vlachos, George ^a   Sotiropoulou, Maria ^b   Papantoniou, Vasileios ^b   Biliatis, Ioannis ^a   Haidopoulos, Dimitrios ^a   Thomakos, Nikolaos ^a   Simou, Maria ^a   Antsaklis, Aris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Blue dye; Sentinel node; Technetium; Vulvar cancer

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE; TECHNETIUM 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VULVA CANCER; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; VULVA TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; METHYLENE BLUE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84862631987     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-011-1884-z     Document Type: Review

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