Sentinel lymph-node biopsy in melanoma: Is less surgery better?

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9088, 1997, Pages 1336-1337

  Rivers, J K ^a   Roof, M I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031573248     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)22045-3     Document Type: Note

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