Uncommon applications of sentinel lymph node mapping: urogenital cancers

Q J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2014 Jun;58(2):161-79.

Abstract

Beside the classical applications of sentinel lymph node mapping, some new procedures are emerging and showing feasibility and clinical utility. In this chapter, we will report on sentinel lymph node mapping in 1) malignancies of the female reproductive system (cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, vulvar cancer and ovarian cancer); 2) malignancies of the male reproductive system (prostate cancer, penile cancer and testicular cancer); 3) malignancies in kidney and bladder. This paper presents the uncommon applications of sentinel lymph node mapping in urogenital neoplasms.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Image-Guided Biopsy / methods*
  • Lymph Nodes / pathology*
  • Lymphatic Metastasis
  • Male
  • Multimodal Imaging / methods
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy / methods*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / methods*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*
  • Urogenital Neoplasms / pathology*