Standardized axillary lymphadenectomy improves local control but not survival in patients with palpable lymph node metastases of cutaneous malignant melanoma

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 386, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 418-425

  Kretschmer, L ^a   Preusser, K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axilla; Lymph node excision; Melanoma; Recurrence rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ULCER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR VOLUME;

AXILLA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0035210903     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004230100248     Document Type: Article

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