Pathologic ultrastaging improves micrometastasis detection in sentinel lymph nodes during endometrial cancer staging

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 964-970

  Kim, Christine H ^a   Soslow, Robert A ^b   Park, Kay J ^b   Barber, Emma L ^c   Khoury Collado, Fady ^a   Barlin, Joyce N ^a   Sonoda, Yukio ^a,d   Hensley, Martee L ^b,d   Barakat, Richard R ^a,d   Abu Rustum, Nadeem R ^a,d  

^a Gynecology Service   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrial carcinoma; Low volume metastasis; Micrometastasis; Sentinel lymph node; Ultrastaging

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PARAFFIN;

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CELLS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROMETASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TUMOR INVASION;

ADENOCARCINOMA, CLEAR CELL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOSARCOMA; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, SEROUS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMETRIUM; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM MICROMETASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 84880430412     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0b013e3182954da8     Document Type: Review

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