Prognostic implications of multiple lymphatic basin drainage in patients with truncal melanoma

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 518-524

  Jimenez, Ramon E ^a   Panageas, Katherine ^a   Busam, Klaus J ^a   Brady, Mary S ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK FACTOR; SCINTISCANNING; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 14544268122     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.00.075     Document Type: Article

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