Lymphography in the Treatment of Carcinoma of the Vulva

Hagen, Steinar; Bjørn-Hansen, Ragnar

doi:10.1177/028418517101100608

Cited by 6 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 6 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…This category of patient is rare (6). In theory, lymphography is said to afford guidance concerning the presence of pelvic node metastases, but in practice the results of this investigation are questionable (9).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Invasive Cancer in the Vulvar Region

Andreasson

Bock

Weberg

1982

Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

During the past 25 years there has been a tenfold increase in the incidence of vulvar cancer in Denmark. For this reason a material of 195 patients treated during the period 1960-77 is reviewed. There had been a considerable delay in treatment, due partly to the patients and partly to the doctor first seen. The five-year survival rate was 63.3%, corrected 84.2%. The prognosis is highly influenced by the size of the tumor, its appearance, the presence of unilateral or bilateral metastasization to the inguinal nodes, the histological type, and localization of the tumor. On the basis of these features, it is possible to single out groups having a particularly poor prognosis in whom the surgical treatment is insufficient and ought to be supplemented. Clinical assessment of the inguinal lymph nodes carries a considerable uncertainty, yet the FIGO staging is based mainly upon this assessment. This goes some way towards explaining why no prognostic differences were found between stages I, II, and III. Postoperative staging based upon the histological diagnosis would provide greater prognostic certainty.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%