1. [Surgical staging and lymph node status in patients with invasive cervical cancer].
- Author
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Kornovski Y and Ismail E
- Subjects
- Female, Frozen Sections methods, Humans, Lymph Node Excision methods, Lymphatic Metastasis pathology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging methods, Neoplasm Staging methods, Positron-Emission Tomography methods, Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy methods, Uterine Cervical Neoplasms diagnosis, Lymph Nodes pathology, Uterine Cervical Neoplasms pathology
- Abstract
Lymph node matastases (LNM) are the most important prognostic factor of the cervical cancer regardless the stage and other prognostic factors. Lymph node status is the basis for tailoring the management strategies. In negative for metastases lymph nodes adjuvant radiotherapy can be omitted, as well as the risk for complications. LNM can be detected by histopathologic examination after meticulous lymphadenectomy. Other methods for detection of LNM such as PET/CT, CT, MRI, frozen section, sentinel lymph node biopsy have low sensitivity.
- Published
- 2015