Detection of sentinel lymph node in vulvar cancer using 99m Tc-labeled colloid lymphoscintigraphy, blue dye, and indocyanine-green fluorescence: a meta-analysis of studies published in 2010-2020.

Mariano Catello Di DonnaNatale QuartuccioVincenzo GiallombardoLetterio SturialeAnnachiara ArnoneRosaria RicapitoGiulio SozziGaspare ArnoneVito Chiantera

Published in: Archives of gynecology and obstetrics (2022)

This meta-analysis favors the use of ICG and PL alone and in combination over blue dye for the identification of the SLN in vulvar cancer. Future studies may investigate whether the combined approach allows the highest DR of SLN in patients with vulvar cancer.

Keyphrases

sentinel lymph node
papillary thyroid
lymph node
early stage
neoadjuvant chemotherapy
systematic review
squamous cell
case control
randomized controlled trial
meta analyses
young adults
childhood cancer
radiation therapy
current status
pet ct
rectal cancer