Contribution of sentinel lymph-node biopsy to treatment of locally advanced stages of cervical cancers

Abstract

Objective: Usage of sentinel lymph-node (SLN) concept in locally advanced cervical cancers might help to individualise management. According to SLN status could be patients refered to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) with subsequent surgery or to primary chemoradiation.

The aim of our study was to evaluate sensitivity of SLN detection in locally advanced cervical cancers and to assess the impact of NAC on frequency of their metastatic involvement.

Keywords

• cervical cancer
• neoadjuvant chemotherapy
• sentinel lymph-node