Sentinel node biopsy and ultrasound scanning in cutaneous melanomaclinical and technical considerations

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 895-900

  Rossi, C R ^a   Scagnet, B ^a   Vecchiato, A ^a   Mocellin, S ^a   Pilati, P ^a   Foletto, M ^a   Zavagno, G ^a   Casara, D ^b   Montesco, M C ^c   Tregnaghi, A ^c   Rubaltelli, L ^c   Lise, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cutaneous melanoma; Gamma probe; Patent blue dye; Radioguided surgery; Sentinel node; Ultrasound scanning

Indexed keywords

DYE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 0034088891     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(00)00046-0     Document Type: Article

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