Progress in the Study of Lymph Node Metastasis in Early-stage Cervical Cancer

• Published in: Current medical science Vol. 38; no. 4; pp. 567 - 574
• Main Authors: Huang, Bang-xing, Fang, Fang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wuhan Huazhong University of Science and Technology 01.08.2018; Department of Pathology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology,Wuhan 430022, China%Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
• Subjects: Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; sentinel lymph node; micrometastasis; cervical cancer; lymph node metastasis

Summary Spread into regional lymph node is the major route of metastasis in cervical cancer. Although lymph node status is not involved in the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics staging system of uterine cervical cancer, the presence or absence of lymph node metastasis provides im...