Sentinel lymph node biopsy in cutaneous melanoma: The WHO Melanoma Program experience

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 469-474

  Cascinelli, Natale ^a,l   Belli, Filiberto ^a,f,l   Santinami, Mario ^f   Fait, Vuk ^c   Testori, Alessandro ^f   Ruka, W ^k   Cavaliere, Renato ^j   Mozzillo, Nicola ^g   Rossi, Carlo Riccardo ^h   MacKie, Rona M ^e   Nieweg, Omgo ^b   Pace, Marcello ^d   Kirov, K ⁱ  

^a Department of Surgery ^*  (Italy)

^b WHO Melanoma Programme   (Netherlands)

^c WHO   (Czech Republic)

^d WHO Melanoma Programme   (Italy)

^e WHO Melanoma Programme   (United Kingdom)

^f WHO Melanoma Programme   (Italy)

^g WHO Melanoma Programme   (Italy)

^h WHO Melanoma Programme   (Italy)

ⁱ WHO Melanoma Programme   (Bulgaria)

^j WHO Melanoma Programme   (Italy)

^k WHO Melanoma Programme   (Poland)

^l NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Melanoma; Nodal metastases; Sentinel Lymph node; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0033935263     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10434-000-0469-z     Document Type: Article

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