Lymphoscintigraphy as a predictor of lymphatic drainage from cutaneous melanoma

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 247-251

  Berger, David H ^a,d   Feig, Barry W ^a   Podoloff, Donald ^b   Norman, James ^c   Cruse, C Wayne ^c   Reintgen, Douglas S ^c   Ross, Merrick I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymph nodes; Lymphoscintigraphy; Melanoma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXILLA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031113666     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02306617     Document Type: Article

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