Lymph node tumor volumes in patients undergoing sentinel lymph node biopsy for cutaneous melanoma

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 398-404

  Wagner, Jeffrey D ^a,b   Davidson, Darrell ^a   Coleman III, John J ^a   Hutchins, Gary ^a   Schauwecker, Donald ^a   Park, Hee Myung ^a   Havlik, Robert J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Indiana University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Lymph node metastases; Melanoma; Sentinel node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MELANOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033015808     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10434-999-0398-4     Document Type: Article

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