[History of lymphadenectomy].
The present reflection of lymphadenectomy's history shows that the following questions have been discussed since about 100 years: How does the lymph node dissection affect the treatment of cancer? Does it reduce the local recurrence rate? Does a lymph node dissection improve the survival rate or permit a more specific staging of the tumour's extension? The principles of metastatic ways as well as their mechanisms have already been discussed in the 1920s.
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Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Gefässchirurgie, Medizinische Fakultät, Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg, Leipziger Strasse 44, 39120 Magdeburg.
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D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000266:history*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery