SynthesisMedical oncology (Northwood, London, England)2015
Sentinel-lymph-node procedures in early stage cervical cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- The false-negative rate of sentinel lymph node biopsy and its related factors in early-stage cervical cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) · 2026Pooled it
- Sentinel lymph node biopsy versus lymphadenectomy in early-stage cervical cancer: a meta-analysis of oncologic outcomes and surgical morbidity.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- The Diagnosis, Treatment, and Aftercare of Cervical Carcinoma.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2021Pooled it
- Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection-Novelty, Trend, or a Paradigm Shift in Surgical Decision-Making for Early Cervical Cancer?Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Review
- The Polish Society of Gynecological Oncology Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cervical Cancer (v2024.0).Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
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- [Carbon nanoparticle tracing of sentinel lymph nodes in diagnosis and treatment of cervical cancer and clinical value of lymph node ultrastaging detection].Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University · 2022Article
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- Clinical Study of Sentinel Lymph Node Detection Using Photodynamic Eye for Abdominal Radical Trachelectomy.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2021Article
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- The detection of sentinel lymph nodes in laparoscopic surgery for uterine cervical cancer using 99m-technetium-tin colloid, indocyanine green, and blue dye.Journal of gynecologic oncology · 2017Article
- Present status of sentinel lymph node biopsy in cervical cancer.Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation OncologyReview
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Abstract
We performed a meta-analysis to assess the accuracy of sentinel-lymph-node (SLN) procedures for the assessment of nodal metastases in patients with early stage cervical cancer. Studies of SLN procedures for detecting nodal metastases in patients with early stage cervical cancer were systematically searched in MEDLINE and EMBASE between January 1, 2000 and August 30, 2013. We identified 49 eligible studies, which included 2,476 SLN procedures. The mean overall weighted-detection rate was 0.93 (95 % CI 0.92-0.94), at a pooled sensitivity of 0.88 (95 % CI 0.84-0.90) with limited heterogeneity (χ (2) = 80.57, degrees of freedom = 47, p = 0.002). Subgroup analysis of sensitivity and the rate of detection of different tracer techniques and surgery methods used in conjunction with an SLN procedures were as follows: studies using combined techniques, 0.88 (95 % CI 0.84-0.91) and 0.97 (95 % CI 0.96-0.98); studies using metastable technetium-99, 0.87 (95 % CI 0.78-0.93) and 0.90 (95 % CI 0.87-0.93); studies using blue dye, 0.87 (95 % CI 0.79-0.93) and 0.87 (95 % CI 0.84-0.90); studies using laparotomy, 0.86 (95 % CI 0.80-0.90) and 0.87 (95 % CI 0.83-0.91); studies using laparoscopy, 0.90 (95 % CI 0.86-0.94) and 0.93 (95 % CI 0.90-0.96); and studies using robot-assisted surgery, 0.84 (95 % CI 0.72-0.92) and 0.92 (95 % CI 0.88-0.95). We concluded that the SLN procedure performs well diagnostically for the assessment of nodal metastases in patients with early stage cervical cancer.
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