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)
  • 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: Yes

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.