## BACKGROUND. Thirty percent of lymph node negative patients with operable breast carcinoma experience disease recurrence within 10 years. Retrospective serial sectioning of axillary lymph nodes has revealed undetected metastases in 9 -30% of these patients. These occult metastases have been show
Identification of sentinel lymph nodes in vulvar carcinoma patients with the aid of a patent blue V injection : A multicenter study
β Scribed by Anca C. Ansink; Daisy M. D. S. Sie-Go; Jacobus van der Velden; Edith A. Sijmons; Alberto de Barros Lopes; John M. Monaghan; Gemma G. Kenter; John B. Murdoch; Fiebo J. W. ten Kate; A. Peter M. Heintz
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 63 KB
- Volume
- 86
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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β¦ Synopsis
BACKGROUND.
The aim of this multicenter study was to investigate the feasibility and negative predictive value of sentinel lymph node detection with blue dye in vulvar carcinoma patients.
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