A Prospective Evaluation of Lymphatic Dissemination in Endometrial Cancer Is It Adequate to Perform Lymph Node Dissection Up to the Inferior Mesenteric Artery?

Turan T., Yilmaz S. S., Hizli D., Gundogdu B., Boran N., Tulunay G., ...More

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER, vol.21, no.5, pp.864-869, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 21 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.1097/igc.0b013e31821a3665
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.864-869
  • Keywords: Endometrial cancer, Lymphadenectomy, Inferior mesenteric artery, PARAAORTIC LYMPHADENECTOMY, SURVIVAL, METASTASIS, MANAGEMENT, CARCINOMA, INVASION, ISSUES
  • Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to assess para-aortic metastases relative to the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA). In addition, the clinicopathologic features of these patients are discussed.