Sentinel node metastasis from thin melanomas with vertical growth phase

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 251-252

  Thompson, John F ^a   Shaw, Helen M ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RECURRENCE; EDITORIAL; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MELANOMA; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; THICKNESS; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0034033162     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10434-000-0251-2     Document Type: Editorial

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