Uterine Cancer
Sentinel lymph node procedure in uterine cancers reviewed
Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 22nd, 2004
According to researchers from France, "In cancer research, regional lymph node status is a major prognostic factor and a decision criterion for adjuvant therapy warranting the lymphadenectomy. The sentinel node procedure, which has emerged to reduce morbidity of extensive lymphadenectomy, remains a major step in the surgical management of various cancers. Sentinel node procedure has become a standard technique for the determination of the nodal stage of the disease in patients with melanoma, vulvar cancer and recently in breast cancer."
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