A case for caution in the pursuit of the sentinel node in women with endometrial carcinoma

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 275-279

  Frumovitz, Michael ^a   Coleman, Robert C ^a   Soliman, Pamela T ^a   Ramirez, Pedro T ^a   Levenback, Charles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGOOOPHORECTOMY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE METASTASIS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY;

EID: 84894058946     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2013.11.023     Document Type: Editorial

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