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Issues surrounding lymphadenectomy in the management of endometrial cancer
Author(s) -
Bernardini Marcus Q.,
Murphy Joan K.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.21200
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphadenectomy , endometrial cancer , modalities , grading (engineering) , lymph node , sentinel node , general surgery , oncology , cancer , medical physics , social science , civil engineering , sociology , engineering , breast cancer
The development of surgical staging in the management of endometrial cancer has arisen over the last several decades with anticipated benefits including prognostic information, tailoring of adjuvant treatment, and a possible therapeutic effect. This review addresses the important issues surrounding lymphadenectomy in endometrial cancer. Other issues including the use of sentinel lymph node techniques, advanced imaging modalities and the consideration of a binary grading system to simplify triaging of patients will also be discussed. J. Surg. Oncol. 2009;99:232–241. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.