Lymph node sonography versus palpation for detecting recurrent disease in patients with malignant melanoma

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1805-1808

  Binder, M ^a,c   Kittler, H ^a   Steiner, A ^a   Dorffner, R ^b   Wolff, K ^a   Pehamberger, H ^a  

^a Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Follow up studies incidence; Lymph nodes ultrasonography lymphatic metastasis; Melanoma secondary; Neoplasm staging; Neoplasms epidemiology; Retrospective studies; Sensitivity and specificity; Time factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN CANCER; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PALPATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031423113     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(97)00177-9     Document Type: Article

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