Ultrasound examination of sentinel nodes in the initial assessment of patients with primary cutaneous melanoma

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 18-23

  Starritt, Emma C ^a   Uren, Roger F ^a,b   Scolyer, Richard A ^a   Quinn, Michael J ^a   Thompson, John F ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Following; Melanoma; Metastasis; Outcomes; Sentinel lymph node; Staging; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY TECHNETIUM SULFIDE TC 99M; PROTEIN S 100; TUMOR MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MELANOMA; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; S100 PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 13844318929     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10434-004-1163-3     Document Type: Article

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