Cancer
Researchers' work from University of Texas focuses on cancer
Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 24th, 2008
In this recent study, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To determine the patterns of lymphatic drainage from primary vaginal cancers utilizing lymphoscintigraphy and to determine if this clinical information would affect treatment planning. For women with newly diagnosed vaginal cancer, pretreatment lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymph node identification were performed using lymphoscintigraphy."
"In patients who underwent surgery, sentinel lymph nodes were identified intraoperatively using radiocolloid and patent blue dye. The impact of pretreatment lymphoscintigraphy findings on radiation planning in women who received radiation as initial treatment...
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