Sentinel node biopsy for melanoma in the head and neck region

Head and Neck

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-33

  Jansen, Liesbeth ^a   Koops, Heimen Schraffordt ^b   Nieweg, Omgo E ^a   Doting, M H Edwina ^b   Kapteijn, B Acca E ^a   Balm, Alfons J M ^a   Vermey, Albert ^a   Plukker, John Th ^b   Hoefnagel, Cornelis A ^a   Piers, D Albertus ^b   Kroon, Bin B R ^a  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Head and neck; Lymph node metastases; Melanoma; Sentinel node biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033988038     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0347(200001)22:1<27::AID-HED5>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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