Intraoperative Ex Vivo Shear-Wave Elastography of Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Endometrial Cancer and Other Gynaecological Malignancies
Although ex vivo SWE is rapid, reproducible, and integrates seamlessly into the sterile field, stiffness measurements alone lack sufficient discriminatory power for SLN staging in gynaecological cancers. Future research should focus on three-dimensional SWE, advanced radiomic analyses, and machine-learning algorithms to improve the detection of low-volume metastatic disease.
Authors
- Theresa Mokry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5997-5254)
- Cecilie Fredvik Torkildsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8676-3046)
- Lisa Katharina Nees (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7398-0044)
- André Hennigs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7998-3796)
- C. A. Schmidt
- Riku Togawa
- Nourhan Hassan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3189-8063)
- Oliver Zivanovic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1305-4991)
- Arved Bischoff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7147-2414)
- Fabian Riedel
- Lara Meike Tretschock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-6381-0978)
- Dina Batarseh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4369-1646)
- Peter Sinn
- Axel Gerhardt
- Walid Shaalan
- Kathrin Haßdenteufel
- Mohamed Eldesouky
- Maryna Hlamazda
Institutions
- Cairo University (EG)
- University of Cologne (DE)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- Stavanger University Hospital (NO)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cancers
- Published
- 2026-01-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers18020183
- Primary Topic
- Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg