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THE ADVANTAGES OF SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY OVER FUNCTIONAL NECK DISSECTION (A REVIEW OF LITERATURE)
- Authors: Romanov I.S.1,2, Shiryaеv S.V.3, Vishnevskaya Y.V.3
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Affiliations:
- N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
- N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow
- N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow
- Issue: Vol 4, No 2 (2014)
- Pages: 41-45
- Section: REVIEWS
- Published: 15.04.2014
- URL: https://ogsh.abvpress.ru/jour/article/view/51
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17650/2222-1468-2014-0-2-41-45
- ID: 51
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Abstract
The paper analyzes the data available in the literature on sentinel lymph node biopsy in patients with oral cancer and shows its advantages over prophylactic neck dissection: less pronounced functional and cosmetic consequences, the possibility of a detailed pathomorphological analysis of removed neck lymph nodes macrospecimens with immunohistochemical studies.
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I. S. Romanov
N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences; N.I. Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow
Author for correspondence.
Email: drromanov@mail.ru
Department of Head and Neck Tumors, Department of Oncology, Postgraduate Faculty Russian Federation
S. V. Shiryaеv
N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow
Email: drromanov@mail.ru
Department of Head and Neck Tumors Russian Federation
Ya. V. Vishnevskaya
N.N. Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow
Email: drromanov@mail.ru
Department of Head and Neck Tumors Russian Federation
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