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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-9-13
pubmed:abstractText
The concept of sentinel node identification and lymphatic mapping is already established as part of standard practice in the surgical management of breast cancer and melanoma. To reduce extensive radical procedures and decrease morbidity in gynecologic malignancies, much effort is being focused on implementing less aggressive interventions. By combining the use of radioactive tracers and blue dyes, investigators are identifying sentinel nodes. In vulvar and cervical carcinomas, sentinel node identification may significantly reduce the number of patients undergoing unnecessary, extensive lymphadenectomy in the absence of disease. The addition of novel techniques, such as histopathologic ultrastaging, immunohistochemistry staining, and reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction assays, will help increase the accuracy and rate of detection of disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1040-8746
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
403-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Sentinel nodes in gynecologic malignancies.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Gynecologic Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review