Nodal staging in localized melanoma. The experience of the brescia melanoma unit

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 534-539

  Manca, Giorgio ^a   Facchetti, Fabio ^a   Pizzocaro, Claudio ^a   Biasca, Franco ^a   Farfaglia, Roberto ^a   Simoncini, Edda ^a   Cristinelli, Maria Rosa ^a   Flocchini, Maria ^a   Parrinello, Giovanni ^a   Manganoni, Ausilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lymphatic metastasis; Melanoma; Sentinel lymph node biopsy

Indexed keywords

DISULFINE BLUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA RADIATION; GENDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGUINAL REGION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; ITALY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MELANOMA; MOLECULAR PROBE; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN TUMOR; SKIN ULCER; STANDARD; THICKNESS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR REGRESSION; VISCERA;

EID: 0042381786     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1226(03)00208-X     Document Type: Article

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