A prospective single-center study of sentinel lymph node detection in cervical carcinoma: Is there a place in clinical practice?

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1044-1049

  Devaja, Omer ^a   Mehra, Gautam ^a   Coutts, Michael ^a   Montalto, Stephen Attard ^a   Donaldson, John ^a   Kodampur, Mallikarjun ^a   Papadopoulos, Andreas John ^a  

^a MAIDSTONE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Immunohistochemistry; Sentinel lymph node; Ultrastaging

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOVASCULAR SPACE INVASION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SMALL CELL NEUROENDOCRINE CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863630904     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0b013e318253a9c9     Document Type: Review

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