Emerging evidence for a survival benefit associated with regional lymph node dissection for melanoma

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 75-76

  Reintgen, D S ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MELANOMA; RECURRENCE RISK; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; ULCER;

EID: 0034024325     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10434-000-0075-0     Document Type: Editorial

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