Pathologic lymph node status is the most important prognostic factor in vulvar cancer; however, complete inguinofemoral node dissection is associated with significant morbidity. Intraoperative lymphoscintigraphy associated with gamma detecting probe-guided surgery has proved to be reliable in the detection of sentinel node (SN) involvement in melanoma and breast cancer patients. The present study evaluates the feasibility of the surgical identification of inguinal sentinel nodes using lymphoscintigraphy and a gamma detecting probe in patients with early vulvar cancer.

Sideri, M., De Cicco, C., Maggioni, A., Colombo, N., Bocciolone, L., Trifirò, G., et al. (2000). Detection of sentinel nodes by lymphoscintigraphy and gamma probe guided surgery in vulvar neoplasia. TUMORI, 86(4), 359-363.

Detection of sentinel nodes by lymphoscintigraphy and gamma probe guided surgery in vulvar neoplasia

COLOMBO, NICOLETTA;
2000

Abstract

Pathologic lymph node status is the most important prognostic factor in vulvar cancer; however, complete inguinofemoral node dissection is associated with significant morbidity. Intraoperative lymphoscintigraphy associated with gamma detecting probe-guided surgery has proved to be reliable in the detection of sentinel node (SN) involvement in melanoma and breast cancer patients. The present study evaluates the feasibility of the surgical identification of inguinal sentinel nodes using lymphoscintigraphy and a gamma detecting probe in patients with early vulvar cancer.
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Lymph Nodes; Middle Aged; Female; Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; Feasibility Studies; Groin; Vulvar Neoplasms; Humans; Gamma Cameras; Lymph Node Excision; Aged; Adult; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
English
2000
86
4
359
363
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Sideri, M., De Cicco, C., Maggioni, A., Colombo, N., Bocciolone, L., Trifirò, G., et al. (2000). Detection of sentinel nodes by lymphoscintigraphy and gamma probe guided surgery in vulvar neoplasia. TUMORI, 86(4), 359-363.
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