Lymphatic mapping and sentinel node harvest for malignant melanoma

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 277-281

  Reinigen, Douglas ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 0031466316     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199712)66:4<277::AID-JSO12>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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