Selective Removal of Only Clinically Suspicious Positive Lymph Nodes Instead of a Complete Inguino-Femoral Lymph Node Dissection in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Vulva.
Guus FonsNikki B ThuijsMing TjiongLukas J A StalpersJacobus van der VeldenPublished in: Cancers (2023)
This retrospective study in a cohort of women with vulvar cancer corroborates previous smaller studies that have shown that the selective removal of suspicious inguinal nodes yields similar oncological outcomes compared with patients matched for important prognostic variables and treated with a complete IFL when both are followed by radiotherapy.
Keyphrases
- lymph node
- sentinel lymph node
- squamous cell carcinoma
- end stage renal disease
- radical prostatectomy
- newly diagnosed
- rectal cancer
- early stage
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- papillary thyroid
- peritoneal dialysis
- robot assisted
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- lymph node metastasis
- metabolic syndrome
- squamous cell
- patient reported outcomes
- ultrasound guided