Selective Sentinel Lymphadenectomy for Human Solid Cancer

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Leong, Stanley P. L. (Editor), Kitagawa, Yuko (Editor), Kitajima, Masaki (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Series: Cancer Treatment and Research, 127
• Subjects: Medicine.; Oncology.; Surgical oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Oncology.

Lymph node (LN) status is the most important prognostic indicator for the clinical outcome of patients in human solid cancer. Recent developments in sentinel lymph node (SLN) concept and technology have resulted in the application of this revolutionary approach to determine if cancer has metastasize...