The presence of small lymph nodes in the parametrium of specimens of radical trachelectomy is low.
In patients with early-stage cervical cancer, the incidence of metastasis is less than 1%. Preoperative assessment of the volume of the parametrium may indicate which patients need parametrial resection.
2011-04-25
Eng.
Gynecologic oncology
Department of Gynecology, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany. malgorzata.lanowska [at] charite.de
Gynecol Oncol. 2011 May;121(2):298-302
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