Sentinel lymph node biopsy in cutaneous melanoma: The experience in the area of Florence;Linfonodo sentinella nel melanoma cutaneo: L'esperienza nell'area fiorentina

Pathologica

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 133-139

  Urso, C ^a   Borgognoni, L ^a   Vaggelli, L ^b   Giannini, A ^a   Salvadori, A ^a   Zini, E ^a   Reali, U M ^a  

^a SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Melanoma; Metastasis; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

DYE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; NANOCOLL TC 99M; PROTEIN S 100; COLORING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MACROSALB TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ITALY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MELANOMA; NEVUS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SCINTILLATION PROBE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN TUMOR; THICKNESS; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EVALUATION; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; ITALY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M AGGREGATED ALBUMIN;

EID: 0642280844     PISSN: 00312983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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