Development of a surgical competency assessment tool for sentinel lymph node dissection by minimally invasive surgery for endometrial cancer.
Kristen MoloneyMonika JandaMichael FrumovitzMario LeitaoNadeem R Abu-RustumEmma RossiJames L NicklinMarie PlanteFabrice R LecuruAlessandro BudaAndrea MarianiYee LeungSarah Elizabeth FergusonLina CaicedoRainer KimmigPearl Shuang Ye TongOrla McNallyNaven ChettyKaijiang LiuKen JaabackJulio LauSoon Yau Joseph NgHenrik FalconerJan PerssonRussell LandFabio MartinelliAndrea GarrettAlon AltmanAdam PendleburyDavid CibulaRoberto AltamiranoDonal BrennanThomas Edward IndCornelis De KroonKa Yu TseGeorge HannaAndreas ObermairPublished in: International journal of gynecological cancer : official journal of the International Gynecological Cancer Society (2021)
Specific mandatory and prohibited steps of SLN dissection in endometrial cancer have been identified and validated based on consensus among a large number of international experts. A competency assessment tool is now available and can be used for surgeon selection in clinical trials and for ongoing, prospective quality assurance in routine clinical care.
Keyphrases
- endometrial cancer
- sentinel lymph node
- clinical trial
- early stage
- lymph node
- neoadjuvant chemotherapy
- clinical practice
- medical education
- healthcare
- palliative care
- quality improvement
- randomized controlled trial
- squamous cell carcinoma
- affordable care act
- robot assisted
- radiation therapy
- chronic pain
- minimally invasive
- rectal cancer
- double blind
- study protocol