Publications by authors named "Willie A Anderson"
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine if a suboptimal cytoreduction can be predicted preoperatively in women with advanced ovarian cancer.
Study Design: All women with stage III/IV epithelial ovarian cancer treated with initial surgery at our hospital between January 1, 1995 and January 1, 2003 were eligible; 56 patients met inclusion criteria and underwent retrospective chart review. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS.
Article Synopsis
- Urogenital melanoma is a rare and aggressive cancer, traditionally managed with extensive surgical procedures, but recent studies suggest that less invasive methods like sentinel lymph node biopsy could be effective.
- Six patients with vulvar or vaginal melanomas successfully underwent sentinel lymph node mapping and biopsy, showing no tumor invasion in the extracted nodes and indicating high localization success rates.
- Overall, the findings support the feasibility of using sentinel lymph node biopsy as a staging procedure for urogenital melanomas, potentially leading to improved patient outcomes with lower morbidity.