Sentinel lymph-node biopsy after previous wide local excision for melanoma

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 432-434

  McCready, D R ^a   Ghazarian, D M ^a   Hershkop, M S ^a   Walker, J A ^a   Ambus, U ^a   Quirt, I C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN FLAP; TRUNK; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WOUND CLOSURE;

FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MELANOMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 0035674036     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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