Open AccessSentinel lymph nodes biopsy in the surgical treatment of endometrial cancer: history and present
Author(s) -
М. О. Очиров,
А. Ю. Кишкина,
Л. А. Коломиец,
В. И. Чернов
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
opuholi ženskoj reproduktivnoj sistemy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1999-8627
pISSN - 1994-4098
DOI - 10.17650/1994-4098-2018-14-4-65-71
Subject(s) - medicine , sentinel lymph node , endometrial cancer , biopsy , lymph , adjuvant therapy , lymph node , endometrial biopsy , radiology , general surgery , cancer , oncology , breast cancer , pathology
This article reviews the concept of sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with endometrial cancer. This technique is becoming increasingly appreciated and was included into the latest standards of surgical treatment for gynecological cancers. Sentinel lymph node mapping is a reliable and highly specific (100 %) method, which can be used for determining the indications for adjuvant therapy in addition to a detailed pathomorphological examination that should include immunohistochemical testing and ultrastaging.