Lymphatic mapping and sentinel node biopsy in squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva: Systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 237-245

  Hassanzade, Malihe ^a   Attaran, Matin ^a   Treglia, Giorgio ^b   Yousefi, Zohreh ^a   Sadeghi, Ramin ^c  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Meta analysis; SCC; Sentinel; Systematic review; Vulva

Indexed keywords

CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; META ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VULVA CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84879080805     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2013.04.023     Document Type: Review

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