Clinical significance of sentinel lymph node mapping in endometrial carcinoma.
WANG Yanzhou
LIANG Zhiqing
Abstract：Lymph node removal for staging,as part of the initial surgical management for patients with endometrial carcinoma,remains a controversial topic in gynecologic oncology.With the lack of prospective trials demonstrating a survival benefit for extensive lymphadenectomies,the rise of the minimally invasive surgical approach,and the increasing availability of novel near-IR imaging technologies and pathologic ultrastaging,lymphatic mapping has emerged as an increasingly popular option over the last few years.The clinical studies also showed its good prospect of application.However,the injection position and marker selection,paraaortic sentinel lymph node sampling,and other aspects also were faced with many problems.Therefore,it still needs further study whether sentinel lymph node mapping can replace endometrial cancer staging surgery.
Keywords：endometrial neoplasmsentinel lymph nodesentinel lymph node mappingpathologic ultrastaging
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 451-454 )