Influence of fast lymphatic drainage on metastatic spread in cutaneous malignant melanoma: A prospective feasibility study

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 538-544

  Maza, Sofiane ^a   Valencia, Ray ^a   Geworski, Lilli ^a   Sandrock, Dirk ^a   Zander, Andreas ^a   Audring, Heike ^a   Dräger, Erik ^a   Winter, Helmut ^a   Sterry, Wolfram ^a   Munz, Dieter L ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lymphatic mapping; Lymphoscintigraphy; Melanoma; Metastasis; Sentinel lymph node

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIABILITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN METASTASIS;

EID: 12444268592     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-003-1114-4     Document Type: Article

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