Evolution of sentinel lymph node biopsy for melanoma at a National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center

Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 556-563

  Sabel, Michael S ^a   Gibbs, John F ^a   Cheney, Richard ^a   McKinley, Brian P ^a   Lee, James S ^a   Kraybill, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOSULFAN BLUE; PROTEIN S 100; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033776944     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/msy.2000.108053     Document Type: Article

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