Value of staging squamous cell carcinoma of the anal margin and canal using the sentinel lymph node procedure: An update of the series and a review of the literature

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 527-532

  Mistrangelo, D M ^a   Bello M ^a   Cassoni, P ^a   Milanesi, E ^b   Racca, P ^b   Munoz, F ^a   Fora, G ^b   Rondi, N ^a   Gilbo, N ^a   Senetta, R ^a   Ricardi, U ^a   Morino, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ANUS CARCINOMA; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER STAGING; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANUS NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INGUINAL CANAL; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 84875219308     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.600     Document Type: Review

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