Waleed Mohamed Mohamed Fadl Alla

Sentinel lymph node mapping in colorectal carcinoma ; its impact on management / رسم خريطة الغدد الليمفاوية الحارسه فى سرطان القولون والمستقيم Waleed Mohamed Mohamed Fadl Alla ; Supervised Mohamed Mohamed Elsaied Safa , Ismail Abdelmoniem Morad , Abdelhamid Hussien Ezzat - Cairo : Waleed Mohamed Mohamed Fadl Alla , 2013 - 154 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

In the titla page Cairo University Faculty of Midicine

Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - National Cancer Institute - Department of Oncology (surgical)

Background : Metastasis to the regional lymph nodes is an important prognostic factor in colorectal cancer and nodal evaluation is essential for accurate staging . Sentinel lymph node (SLN) mapping is an additional method for improving colorecetal cancer nodal staging . Aim of the study : is to evaluate the identification of (SLN) sensitivity accurcy of nodal staging its upstaging benefits and pattern of nodal metastases in colorectal carcinoma



Colorectal carcinoma Lymph node mapping Sentinel lymph node