Sentinel lymph node biopsy in the management of cutaneous head and neck melanoma

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 721-728

  Carlson, Grant W ^a   Murray, Douglas R ^b   Lyles, Robert H ^b   Hestley, Andrea ^b   Cohen, Cynthia ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCALP; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 14644417771     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000152429.06593.C1     Document Type: Article

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