Location of sentinel lymph nodes in patients with cutaneous melanoma: New insights into lymphatic anatomy

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 195-204

  Thompson, John F ^a,b   Uren, Roger F ^c   Shaw, Helen M ^a   McCarthy, William H ^a   Quinn, Michael J ^c   O'Brien, Christopher J ^a   Howman Giles, Roger B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SKIN CANCER;

ANTIMONY; BIOPSY; GAMMA CAMERAS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0032818292     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(99)00108-8     Document Type: Article

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