Sentinel Lymph Node Navigation Surgery in Paget’s Disease of the Vulva

The role of sentinel lymph node biopsy in the management of invasive extramammary Paget's disease: Multi-center, retrospective study of 151 patients

“…Considering the morbidity associated with LN dissection, Hatta et al [4] suggested the use of sentinel LN biopsy (SLNB) in EMPD, which has become the standard care in other cancers such as melanoma [5] and breast cancer [6] to find the patients who need LN dissection. Subsequently, several investigators reported the usefulness of SLNB in the management of EMPD [3,[7][8][9].…”

Usefulness of sentinel lymph node biopsy for extramammary Paget disease

“…However, invasive EMPD is sometimes associated with lymph node (LN) metastasis 1 and may develop distant metastasis 2 . Despite this poor prognosis, the effectiveness of sentinel LN biopsy (SLNB) for EMPD has not been fully evaluated 3–7 . SLNB is now accepted in the management of melanoma and breast cancer 8 .…”

Radiation doses to staff involved in sentinel node operations for breast cancer

“…As a consequence of the wide acceptance of radiolabelled colloids in SN operations and the fact that the technique is evolving not only in melanoma and breast cancer but also in several other types of cancer such as gastrointestinal cancer, head and neck cancer, vulvar, penile and prostate cancer (Akduman et al, 2001;von Buchwald et al, 2002;Kitagawa & Kitajima, 2002;Kudo et al, 2002;de Hullu & van der Zee, 2003;Pitman et al, 2003;Wawroschek et al, 2003), there is an increasing need of information about the radiation exposure to staff groups involved. The aim of this study was to gain information about the radiation exposure to different staff groups involved in breast cancer operations.…”

“…, 2001; von Buchwald et al. , 2002; Kitagawa & Kitajima, 2002; Kudo et al. , 2002; de Hullu & van der Zee, 2003; Pitman et al.…”