Ultrasonography or palpation for detection of melanoma nodal invasion: A meta-analysis

Lancet Oncology

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 673-680

  Bafounta, Marie Lise ^a   Beauchet, Alain ^a   Chagnon, Sophie ^a   Saiag, Philippe ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MELANOMA; META ANALYSIS; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 13944250748     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(04)01609-2     Document Type: Review

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