Pelvic lymphadenectomy improves survival in patients with cervical cancer with low-volume disease in the sentinel node: A retrospective multicenter cohort study

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 303-311

  Zaal, Afra ^a   Zweemer, Ronald P ^a   Zikán, Michal ^b   Dusek, Ladislav ^c   Querleu, Denis ^d   Lécuru, Fabrice ^e   Bats, Anne Sophie ^e   Jach, Robert ^f   Sevcik, Libor ^g   Graf, Petar ^g   Klát, Jaroslav ^g   Dyduch, Grzegorz ^f   Von Mensdorff Pouilly, Silvia ^h   Kenter, Gemma G ^h   Verheijen, René H M ^a   Cibula, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUT CLAUDIUS REGAUD   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^f JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^h VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Isolated tumor cells; Low volume disease; Lymph node dissection; Lymph node metastasis; Micrometastasis; Sentinel lymph node; Survival; Uterine cervical cancer

Indexed keywords

BLUE DYE; DYE; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROMETASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERUS CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84893803291     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: 15251438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IGC.0000000000000043     Document Type: Article

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