TY - JOUR
T1 - Intraoperative lymphatic mapping and sentinel node identification
T2 - gynecologic applications.
AU - Levenback, C.
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PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - The status of regional lymph nodes is a powerful predictor of survival in patients with early cancers of the vulva, cervix, and uterus. Radical resection of vulvar and cervix cancers along with extensive lymphadenectomy remains the standard of care for these cancers. Intraoperative lymphatic mapping and sentinel node identification has the potential to improve the treatment of patients with gynecologic cancer with improved detection of lymph node metastases and reduced morbidity. This chapter will focus primarily on vulvar cancer and include a review of previous innovations in treatment and current experience with intraoperative lymphatic mapping in these patients.
AB - The status of regional lymph nodes is a powerful predictor of survival in patients with early cancers of the vulva, cervix, and uterus. Radical resection of vulvar and cervix cancers along with extensive lymphadenectomy remains the standard of care for these cancers. Intraoperative lymphatic mapping and sentinel node identification has the potential to improve the treatment of patients with gynecologic cancer with improved detection of lymph node metastases and reduced morbidity. This chapter will focus primarily on vulvar cancer and include a review of previous innovations in treatment and current experience with intraoperative lymphatic mapping in these patients.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-57151-0_13
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-57151-0_13
M3 - Review article
C2 - 10857169
AN - SCOPUS:0033644740
SN - 0080-0015
VL - 157
SP - 150
EP - 158
JO - Recent results in cancer research. Fortschritte der Krebsforschung. Progrès dans les recherches sur le cancer
JF - Recent results in cancer research. Fortschritte der Krebsforschung. Progrès dans les recherches sur le cancer
ER -