Lymph node metastasis in cancer of the cervix: a preliminary report.
Accurate assessment of lymph node metastasis in cervical cancer is imperative to treatment plan. A histologic sampling method is suggested in which surgically excised lymph nodes are dissected at multiple levels before paraffin embedding. This approach proves to be a more sensitive procedure than the current bisection method in detecting metastasis.
D005260:Female; D006652:Histological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*