title: Lymph node assessment in cervical cancer: prognostic and therapeutic implications.
abstract: Lymph node status is not part of the staging system for cervical cancer, but provides important information for prognosis and treatment. This article reviews the incidence and patterns of lymph node metastasis, and the issues surrounding surgical assessment of lymph nodes. The preoperative assessment of lymph nodes by imaging, as well as the intraoperative assessment by sentinel nodes will be discussed. Finally, the prognostic and therapeutic implications of lymphadenectomy in cervical cancer will be reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Odette Cancer Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: L T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Gien
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Covens
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*